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June 14, 2003 - Issue 89 |
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by The National Film Board of Canada
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Montreal: The National Film Board of Canada is pleased to participate in the First Peoples' Festival, organized by Land InSIGHTS, from June 10 to 22, at the NFB Cinema in Montreal. Four NFB documentaries will be featured, including the Montreal premiere of Si le temps le permet, which will close the festival.
Since its creation in 1939, the National Film Board of Canada has produced over 10 000 films and won over 4000 awards - including 10 Oscars®. As Canada's public film producer, the NFB produces and distributes distinctive, culturally diverse, challenging and relevant audiovisual works that provide Canada and the world with a unique Canadian perspective.
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Thank You
Si
le temps le permet, directed by Elisapie Isaac and produced by
Yves Bisaillon, will be screened in French on Sunday, June 22 at 8:30
pm. In this documentary, Isaac, a young filmmaker from Nunavik who
lives in Montreal, examines what the future holds for her people.
As Inuit youth experience the strangeness of modern life and their
elders die off, taking their wisdom with them, Isaac poses a vital
question: how can the Inuit embrace their culture while still taking
an active part in today's world? Elisapie Isaac won the 2001 Cinéastes
autochtones competition.
The
Spirit of Annie Mae traces the remarkable life of Annie Mae Pictou
Aquash, a 30-year-old Nova Scotia-born Mi'gmaq who was brutally murdered
in South Dakota in 1975. Directed by Catherine Anne Martin and
produced by Kent Martin, this film is a moving tribute to Aquash,
a high-ranking member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), a radical
First Nations organization that took up arms in the 1970s. Mi'gmaq
filmmaker Martin follows Aquash's two daughters as they celebrate
a woman who inspired a generation of First Nations people. The screening
of this documentary is particularly timely since an arrest has finally
been made 27 years after her brutal murder. Showing in English on
Sunday, June 15 at 8:30 pm. 
Ceux
qui attendent relates the experiences of the Acadians and the
Mi'gmaq of New Brunswick in the fierce 1999 conflict over lobster
stocks that broke centuries of peaceful coexistence between the two
communities. Directed by Herménégilde Chiasson and produced
by Cécile Chevrier for Productions Phare-Est and Jacques Turgeon
for the NFB, this documentary looks at both sides of the dispute,
providing insight into the lives of the men and women who lived through
this crisis. Showing in French on Friday, June 20 at 8:30 pm.
