
This program includes an intro by the filmmaker, and the short film selection Lives in Limbo by Beth Warrian, that we encourage you to screen first. Access it from the third box on the right.
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement.
Using never-before-seen archival footage and audio recordings, Mohawk filmmaker Courtney Montour engages in a deeply personal conversation with the late Mohawk woman who challenged sexist and genocidal government policies that stripped First Nations women and children of their Indian status when they married non-Indian men.
Montour speaks with Cree activist Nellie Carlson, Mary’s lifelong friend and co-founder of Indian Rights for Indian Women, and meets with three generations in Mary’s kitchen in Kahnawà:ke to honour the legacy of a woman who galvanized a national network of allies to help restore Indian status to thousands of First Nations women and children.
- Year2021
- Runtime34 minutes
- DirectorCourtney Montour
- ScreenwriterCourtney Montour
- ProducerKat Baulu, Ariel Nasr
- Executive ProducerAnnette Clarke
- CinematographerSylvaine Dufaux
- EditorAnnie Jean
- Composeralaska B, Ange Loft
- Sound DesignMarie-Pierre Grenier
This program includes an intro by the filmmaker, and the short film selection Lives in Limbo by Beth Warrian, that we encourage you to screen first. Access it from the third box on the right.
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement.
Using never-before-seen archival footage and audio recordings, Mohawk filmmaker Courtney Montour engages in a deeply personal conversation with the late Mohawk woman who challenged sexist and genocidal government policies that stripped First Nations women and children of their Indian status when they married non-Indian men.
Montour speaks with Cree activist Nellie Carlson, Mary’s lifelong friend and co-founder of Indian Rights for Indian Women, and meets with three generations in Mary’s kitchen in Kahnawà:ke to honour the legacy of a woman who galvanized a national network of allies to help restore Indian status to thousands of First Nations women and children.
- Year2021
- Runtime34 minutes
- DirectorCourtney Montour
- ScreenwriterCourtney Montour
- ProducerKat Baulu, Ariel Nasr
- Executive ProducerAnnette Clarke
- CinematographerSylvaine Dufaux
- EditorAnnie Jean
- Composeralaska B, Ange Loft
- Sound DesignMarie-Pierre Grenier