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
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?
The fire is stoked, the stars are shining and a voice rises from the flames. Weaving together poetic prose, imagery and sound, Starborn delves into a story contoured by the wounding of colonialism and held by the reckoning of the human responsibility to the land and to one another. In this personal, haunting, lyrically poetic film, grief and hope are held in balance, as we are asked to remember, imagine, breathe, and dream into new worlds. Starborn is an offering to the deepest layers of the heart, and a seed of hope for the ones yet to be born.
- Year2020
- Runtime16 minutes
- CountryCanada
- DirectorOlivia 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
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?
The fire is stoked, the stars are shining and a voice rises from the flames. Weaving together poetic prose, imagery and sound, Starborn delves into a story contoured by the wounding of colonialism and held by the reckoning of the human responsibility to the land and to one another. In this personal, haunting, lyrically poetic film, grief and hope are held in balance, as we are asked to remember, imagine, breathe, and dream into new worlds. Starborn is an offering to the deepest layers of the heart, and a seed of hope for the ones yet to be born.
- Year2020
- Runtime16 minutes
- CountryCanada
- DirectorOlivia Mater