Belleville Downtown DocFest 2021

Call Me Human & Rematriate: Passing the Seeds

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Call Me Human
Call Me Human is a journey in direct cinema and animation in the imagination - and in the real world - of the worlds of the Innu woman of letters Joséphine Bacon. Between heaven and earth, city and territory, traditional spirituality and Catholicism, between memory of the past and its contemporary expression.
Rematriate: Passing the Seeds
This short film follows the creation of the "Passing the Seeds" wampum belt in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
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This film is generously sponsored by First Nations Technical Institute.

An affectionate portrait of Innu poet Joséphine Bacon who as a documentary filmmaker, curator, songwriter, and poet has devoted her life to preserving Innu language and traditions. In addition to reflecting on her time in a residential school and getting established in Montreal in the late 60s, Bacon describes the impact of frequent travels to the North where elders helped her appreciate the importance to Innu life of a unique land, language and folk tradition.


Awards: Quebec City Film Festival Co-winner of the Prix Jury Collégial; Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival Audience Choice Award for Documentaries; Vancouver International Film Festival Juried Award for Best Canadian Documentary Film

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    78 minutes
  • Language
    French
  • Country
    Canada
  • Director
    Kim O'Bomsawin
  • Screenwriter
    Kim O'Bomsawin
  • Producer
    Andrée-Anne Frenette
  • Editor
    Alexandre Lachance
  • Music
    Alain Auger
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