On July 12, 1921 Liidlii Kue (Fort Simpson) signed Treaty 11; 100 years later this is a film documenting the commemorative gathering.

Treaty 11 Commemorative Gathering

In February 2020, Sharon Day (Ojibwe) led a group of Water Walkers through the Arizona desert to walk for the Salt River. Through animation and live-shot footage, this documentary travels with the Salt River Water Walkers, describing this Indigenous-led ceremony as it creates community and builds relationships with the earth through the shared goal to care for the water.

Salt River Water Walk

A short documentary on the Dene Drum in Gahnı̨hthah (Rabbitkettle).

Dene Drum Songs in Gahnı̨hthah

A young shaman must face her first test—a trip underground to visit Kannaaluk, The One Below, who holds the answers to why a community member has become ill. Facing dark spirits and physical challenges, she must trust her mentor and grandmother's teachings and learn to control her fear.

Angakusajaujuq - The Shaman's Apprentice

Most Canadians hold their health care system in great reverence. Yet beneath the veneer of respectability lies a dark history that has largely remained untold; that in Canada health service has been used as a tool to buttress racist stereotypes, and repress and assimilate Indigenous people. In five interlocking vignettes that cover the stages of life; birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and elderhood, The Unforgotten explores Canadian healthcare through the shared experience of Inuit, Metis and First Nations people. Across the broad sweep of the land we hear stories of those who have been forcibly sterilized, abused in hospital, displaced, ignored to death, starved and forced from their homes and land under the guise of healthcare. From confederation, when colonial health policies were common and acceptable, to the present day where intolerance persists as culture and race-based bias in care, The Unforgotten explores the history of Canadian Healthcare through an Indigenous lens. The final word in the film is left to the wisdom of Elders, who provide a moment of reflection and a potential path to a new relationship. With intimate stories imaginatively told through a rich fabric of visuals and poetry, and cradled by a moving sound palate that features many of Canada’s most accomplished Indigenous musicians, The Unforgotten reveals a history hidden to most Canadians.

The Unforgotten

In conversation with Jonathan Antoine, director of DENE DRUM SONGS IN GAHNĮHTHAH, and Jeremy Emerson, the Festival Director of YKIFF 2021.

Q&A | DENE DRUM SONGS IN GAHNĮHTHAH

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