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This short documentary film features Vancouver based slow clothes artisans and their reasons for creating clothes in a more mindful way. Featuring a First Nations weaver from the Musqueam Nation resurrecting the extinct spinning and weaving practices of her elders, the founders of Maiwa Handprints and the issues of textile skill preservation globally and obstacles they have encountered, and others. While examining the slow clothes production process this film examines Ghandi's key concepts from his powerful Khadi movement which are as vital today facing global issues and climate change as they were in liberating India from British rule in 1947.
- Year2022
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorRosalee Yagihara
- ScreenwriterRosalee Yagihara
- ProducerRosalee Yagihara
This short documentary film features Vancouver based slow clothes artisans and their reasons for creating clothes in a more mindful way. Featuring a First Nations weaver from the Musqueam Nation resurrecting the extinct spinning and weaving practices of her elders, the founders of Maiwa Handprints and the issues of textile skill preservation globally and obstacles they have encountered, and others. While examining the slow clothes production process this film examines Ghandi's key concepts from his powerful Khadi movement which are as vital today facing global issues and climate change as they were in liberating India from British rule in 1947.
- Year2022
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorRosalee Yagihara
- ScreenwriterRosalee Yagihara
- ProducerRosalee Yagihara