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
Over the last decade, an oil boom in North Dakota has seen the state's population double with primarily male workers flocking to the region. With this dramatic increase, has come an influx of drugs, crime and sexual violence. On the Fort Berthold Indian reservation alone, rates of sexual violence have increased 168%, with Indigenous women most affected.
Juxtaposing the ravaged yet starkly beautiful landscape with personal testimony from young Indigenous women living on the reservation, Nuuca is an evocative mediation revealing the connections between extractive violence against the earth and the violence perpetrated against Indigenous women and girls.
- Year2017
- Runtime12 minutes
- DirectorMichelle Latimer
- ProducerCatie Lamer
- Executive ProducerLaura Poitras, Charlotte Cook & Michelle Latimer
- CinematographerIris Ng
- ComposerLaura Ortman
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
Over the last decade, an oil boom in North Dakota has seen the state's population double with primarily male workers flocking to the region. With this dramatic increase, has come an influx of drugs, crime and sexual violence. On the Fort Berthold Indian reservation alone, rates of sexual violence have increased 168%, with Indigenous women most affected.
Juxtaposing the ravaged yet starkly beautiful landscape with personal testimony from young Indigenous women living on the reservation, Nuuca is an evocative mediation revealing the connections between extractive violence against the earth and the violence perpetrated against Indigenous women and girls.
- Year2017
- Runtime12 minutes
- DirectorMichelle Latimer
- ProducerCatie Lamer
- Executive ProducerLaura Poitras, Charlotte Cook & Michelle Latimer
- CinematographerIris Ng
- ComposerLaura Ortman