imagineNATIVE Film Festival

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Good Medicine Radio Show: Healing from Residential School Abuse
“The Aftermath of the Indian Residential Schools”
Rita Chretien
Canada, 2007, Radio
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Healing from Residential School Abuse investigates the impact of residential school experience by speaking to five survivors in a candid, explorative manner. Interwoven with country music, the survivors discuss their personal accounts and their healing process.

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Rita Chretien (Cree) began her career in media four years ago as the News Director for for CKLB Radio. She is currently a health columnist, Music Director and the host of The Good Medicine Radio Show, which won the Best Talk Radio Award at imagineNATIVE in 2007.
AVR Arts Review: Norval Morriseau
Bob Philips
Canada, 2008, Radio

Norval Morriseau (Copper Thunderbird), the Cree founder of the Woodland style of painting, passed away on December 4, 2007. This segment is dedicated to his memory discussing his life and interviewing Joseph McLeod of the Maklak McLoed Gallery in Toronto, who discusses his painting techniques. This show also interviews Morriseau’s close friend Gabor Vidas and introduces his son Christian Morriseau, who is a painter.

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Bob Phillips (Mic Mac) is the host and producer for AVR Arts Review for the past four years. The show presents talks and interviews that inform and support Aboriginal art and artists. He has completed a Master’s degree in Fine Art History from York University and is currently doing his PhD in Indigenous Studies at Trent University.
AVR Arts Review: Michael Greyeyes Interview
Bob Philips
Canada, 2008, Radio

Michael Greyeyes, who is a former Canadian National ballet member and prominent Plains-Cree actor and dancer, is now a Professor at York University specializing in movement. This interview took place before his work The Journey (Pimooteewin), the first Cree opera choreographed and directed by Greyeyes, which took place February 2008 at the Jane Mallett Theatre in Toronto. This interview discusses Greyeyes’ approach to art, training, background, work, and artistic philosophy.

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Bob Phillips (Mic Mac) is the host and producer for AVR Arts Review for the past four years. The show presents talks and interviews that inform and support Aboriginal art and artists. He has completed a Master’s degree in Fine Art History from York University and is currently doing his PhD in Indigenous Studies at Trent University.
Kik-kow-wee-now Askee
Shaneen Robinson
Canada, 2008, Radio

Kik-kow-wee-now Askee (The Earth Our Mother) is a documentary that explores climate change from the perspective of three Indigenous enviromentalists: Chief Oren Lyons, a world-renowned environmental activist and member of the Onondaga Nation of New York; William Greenland, a member of the Gwich’in Nation of Canada’s Artctic who has traveled the world with his message of environmental concern; Elder Garry Raven, a traditional Elder from the Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba also gave words of wisdom for the documentary. Robnison received a 2008 Spirit of the Earth Award from Manitoba Hydro for promoting the protection of Mother Earth.

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Shaneen Robinson (Cree and Gitxsan) is the mid-day host and community events reporter at NCI FM. She has also worked as a television news report for APTN National News and CTV News Winnipeg.
Many Rivers
Daniel Browning
Canada, 2008, Radio

In Aboriginal culture, the health of a community is often equated with the health of its rivers and watercourses. In this program we hear artists, writers and performers talk about the cultural and personal meaning they derive from rivers, lakes and waterholes.

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Over the past six years, Daniel Browning (Bundjalung/Kullilli/South Sea Islander) has produced documentaries and features for Awaye!, an Indigenous arts and culture program on ABC Radio National, which he also presents.
Fernando's Ghost
Daniel Browning
Australia, 2007, Radio

This radio show discusses the career of the Australian Aboriginal rights activist Anthony Martin Fernando, who passed away 60 years ago. Born in Sydney in 1864, the son of an Aboriginal mother, he was separated from her and placed in a white home. He spoke vehemently against the Mission School System, describing them as “murderhouses” and proposed an Aboriginal state in Northern Australia, free from British and Australian interference under the mandate of a neutral power. He was a visionary and a man ahead of his time.

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Over the past six years, Daniel Browning (Bundjalung/Kullilli/South Sea Islander) has produced documentaries and features for Awaye!, an Indigenous arts and culture program on ABC Radio National, which he also presents.
Rabbit and Bearpaws
http://www.rabbitandbearpaws.com
Chad Solomon
Canada, 2008, Website

Set in 18th-century, colonized North America, Rabbit and Bearpaws is a richly animated series of stories that follows the adventures of two mischievous Ojibwa brothers as they play pranks and have amazing adventures, using a traditional Ojibwa medicine that transforms them into animals for a short time. Humourous and insightful, the stories are based upon traditional teachings and are structured around The Seven Fires Prophecy and The Seven Grandfathers, which include, lessons of Respect, Bravery, Love, Wisdom, Honesty, Humility and Truth. The interactive experience is enriched through beautifully animated comic strip style storytelling and interesting links that reveal character background, blog pages, location details and educational links. A contemporary, interactive experience for the young and the young-at-heart.

Chad Solomon (Ojibway) has been working as an artist since 2002, and made the leap into mainstream comics in 2003. His comic strips have been recognized by the Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts, and shares this work with his co-writer, Chris Meyer and the numerous community elders who helped guide him in the many stories relating to Rabbit and Bear Paws.
Dane Wajich, Dane-zaa Stories and Songs: Dreamers and the Land
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Danewajich/english/index.html
Gary Oker
Canada, 2008, Website

Inspired by the return of a Dreamer’s Drum to the community, this site thematically celebrates the traditions of the Dane-zaa people by creatively documenting oral history, tradition and spiritual teachings. Using an eclectic blend of audio streams of traditional drumming, oral storytelling, archival documentary, and topical maps, the viewer is introduced to a long line of Dane-zaa Dreamers who’ve provided spiritual and practical guidance to the Dane-zaa people for hundreds of years. The project is a collaborative effort between Doig River First Nations elders, youth, leaders, ethnographers, linguists and web designers who came together to create a true multi-media experience that inspires as thoroughly as it educates.

Gary Oker is a respected First Nations leader who holds a Masters Degree from Royal Roads University. As Chief of the Doig River First Nation, he led his community to negotiations over resource management and socio-economic investment. As a multimedia artist, he has produced, directed and collaborated in numerous projects recognizing the Dane-zaa cultural traditions. His work has screened throughout the world at various festivals and conferences.
Seven Day wonder
http://www.stormspirits.ca/English/SevenDayWonder/index.html
Claude Latour
Canada, 2008, Website

Seven Day Wonder identifies the seven-days’ calendar as a form of economic, political and social control that has deeply impacted all cultures. Three rows of seven “hot” buttons are identified by titles and images, with each row of images representing a different time in history: the Roman calendar marked by images of the planetary system, the traditional Algonkins marked by images of prayer cards and ancient paintings, and the corporate face of the modern day fast food chain portrayed through corporate branding. By interacting, selecting and “clicking” on a button, a QuickTime video is triggered and plays a recording that presents a narrative of the seven-day count. The social overtones provide a visual commentary on the idea of time and how it is measured both naturally and through man-made manipulation.

Claude Latour is an Ottawa-based artist primarily exhibiting socio-political based themes and other works related to his Algonkin roots. Over the past five years, Latour has been producing mixed-media and photo-based works. He holds a Diploma in Fine Arts from Heritage College in Hull and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Ottawa.
The Electric Talking Stick: Amnesty Cafe
Bob Philips
Canada, 2008, Radio

The Electric Talking Stick is a show designed to deal with issues of interest to the Aboriginal Community where the participants are not necessarily Native. This episode interviews four people who were connected with the Amnesty Café which took place in May 2008 in Markham, Ont. The topic of the café was Aboriginal rights, which was sparked by the imprisonment of Native leaders protesting the actions of mining companies.

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Bob Phillips (Mic Mac) is the host and producer for AVR Arts Review for the past four years. The show presents talks and interviews that inform and support Aboriginal art and artists. He has completed a Master’s degree in Fine Art History from York University and is currently doing his PhD in Indigenous Studies at Trent University.
ReVision Quest: Alcohol
Kim Ziervogel
Canada, 2008, Radio

Why is it when Irish people drink, it’s cute... but when Aboriginal people drink, they’re alcoholics who can’t handle their liquor? Darrell Dennis explores the myths and realities behind alcohol and the Aboriginal community with surprising results. It’s a tough subject to examine. And even tougher to poke fun at...but ReVision Quest does it. Join Darrell as he finds out if Aboriginal people are really pre-disposed to alcoholism. It’s a happy half hour that will leave you in high spirits. Darrell Dennis hosts ReVision Quest. The CBC Radio One show plunders the past to challenge misconceptions of what it means to be an Aboriginal person in Canada today.

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Kim Ziervogel (Ojibway/Mohawk) has produced the awardwinning CBC Radio One series ReVision Quest for four years, which won imagineNATIVE’s Radio Award in 2010, and runs the Aboriginal Trans Media Unit at CBC Manitoba.
The Plex Show
Doug Bedard
Canada, 2008, Radio

With his pulse on the latest in the hip-hop scene, Doug Bedard (a.k.a. Plex) spins the best in Indigenous and global urban music weekly on Aboriginal Voices Radio. A mixture of cutting edge cool and old school classics, The Plex Show is fast becoming one of Canada’s most popular hip-hop radio shows.

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Originally from Edmonton, Doug Bedard (Cree) is an artist and producer now based in Toronto.