ReFrame Film Festival

Kobade*

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6 films in package
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When a young Anishinaabekwe experiences racism for the first time, her mother realizes that she can’t protect her daughter from the evils of the world, but that she can have tremendous influence in mitigating the damage.
êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines
A Cree filmmaker and her white partner document their pregnancy and journey to parenthood.
Enough
A visual exploration of the personal struggles of growing up as a white-passing Indigenous person in the suburbs while navigating intergenerational trauma.
Nuuca
Nuuca is an evocative meditation revealing the connections between extractive violence against the earth and the violence perpetrated against Indigenous women and girls.
Starborn
It is 50 years in the future. What will a grandmother tell her grandchildren about the time of pandemic? What can she teach them - about stories, about grief, about hope?
Kobade Panel Discussion
A pre-recorded panel discussion moderated by Jenn Cole with Dawn Lavell-Harvard (Director, First Peoples House of Learning, Trent), Cara Mumford (curator), and student filmmakers Kayleigh Higgins and Olivia Mater.

Elder's Gathering Short Film Program


Kobade*

Short films by women and two spirit filmmakers exploring Indigenous identity and relationships across generations.


(47 minutes + panel discussion)


Curated by Cara Mumford, Marrie Mumford, Jenn Cole


*Leanne Simpson writes: “The idea of my arms embracing my grandchildren and their arms embracing their grandchildren is communicated in the Nishnaabeg word, kobade. According to Elder Edna Manitowabi, kobade is a word we use to refer to our great grandparents and our great grandchildren. It means a link in a chain – a link in the chain between generations, between nations, between states of being, between individuals. I am a link in a chain. We are all links in a chain.” I Am Not A Nation State. Unsettling America: Decolonization in Theory & Practice, 2013.


The screening is followed by a pre-recorded panel discussion moderated by Jenn Cole with Dawn Lavell-Harvard (Director, First Peoples House of Learning, Trent), Cara Mumford (curator), and student filmmakers Kayleigh Higgins and Olivia Mater.


Dawn Lavell-Harvard's portion of this panel was recorded separately due to technical issues. The film shown during the panel is a teaser of the upcoming film, Until Our Hearts Are On the Ground by Dawn Lavell-Harvard. Also, referenced in this portion of the panel is a photography project by Trent students called Breaking Down Stereotypes: https://www.trentu.ca/fphl/cultural-support/breaking-down-stereotypes

When a young Anishinaabekwe experiences racism for the first time, her mother realizes that she can’t protect her daughter from the evils of the world, but that she can have tremendous influence in mitigating the damage.

  • Year
    3
  • Director
    Cara Mumford
  • Screenwriter
    Leanne Simpson
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