Thursday, Feb 04 2010, 2:00PM
Various

imagineNATIVE is an international festival that celebrates the latest works by Aboriginal peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio and new media. Each winter the festival tours its youth and opening night programs from its previous year to Northwestern and Northeastern Ontario, contributing to the artistic vibrancy of communities outside of Toronto and sharing works that reflect Aboriginal perspectives and stories.

This February and March the tour will visit eleven communities to present the 2009 Youth Program: Shout Out Loud made for or by youth and the feature presentation Reel Injun starring Adam Beach, Jim Jaramusch, Clint Eastwood and Graham Green, preceded by the short film Tungijuq starring Tanya Tagaq and Zach Kunuk. The Northern Ontario Film + Video Tour exists to provide communities accessibility to Indigenous-made work, encouraging youth to explore the creation of film and video through preview and discussion and providing an opportunity to the larger community to experience imagineNATIVE’s programming outside of the festival.

The feature presentation is open to the public and all screenings are FREE

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Youth Screenings (Gr. 8 – University), Feature Presentation (PG13)
If you are a teacher, youth worker, or a youth and wish to attend the youth screening, please reserve seating for yourself and/or your group one week before the screening at 416 585 2333 or spaul@imagineNATIVE.org

February
4	2pm	Wasse Abin High School	Wikwemikong
5	7pm	Debajehmujig Creation Centre	Manitowaning
8	2pm	Parry Sound High School	Parry Sound
	7pm	Parry Sound High School	Parry Sound
19	10am	Algoma University	Sault Ste. Marie
	2pm	Algoma University	Sault Ste. Marie
	7pm	Algoma University	Sault Ste. Marie
22	2pm	Geraldton Composite High School	Geraldton
	7pm	Geraldton Composite High School	Geraldton
26	2pm	Timmins High & Vocational School	Timmins
	7pm	Timmins Friendship Centre	Timmins

March
2	2pm	Peetabeck Academy	Fort Albany
	7pm	Peetabeck Academy	Fort Albany
4	2pm	Northern Lights Secondary	Moosonee
5	2pm	Delores D. Echum Composite School	Moose Factory
	7pm	John R. Delaney Youth Centre	Moose Factory
8	5:30pm	The Capitol Centre	North Bay
	7pm	The Capitol Centre	North Bay
9	7pm	Recreation Centre	Bear Island (Temagami)

For more information, please contact
Sage at 416 585 2333 or spaul@imagineNATIVE.org.

This tour is made possible in part by a grant from the Ontario Arts Council’s Touring and Collaborations program.
Additional support provided by Air Creebec

Youth Program (Total Run Time: 45 min)

	Bollywood Dreaming Director: Cornel Ozies Sixteen-year-old Jedda Rae Hill is an Aboriginal Afro-American skater, boxer and actor who dreams of starring in a Bollywood movie.
	This is Me Director: David Sam A young man speaks about his experience of being bullied as a teenager and tells the story of who he really is.
	Memories Director: Joel George Struggling with profound loss, a young boy attempts to open up to a stranger.
	Our World Director: Keifer Collison The power and vitality of future Indigenous leaders is explored in this thoughtful documentary.
	Kir Otci Ntcotco (For You, Mom) Director: Mariana Niquay-Ottawa A touching visual portrayal of a letter intending to reconcile the past and apologise for a turbulent adolescence and misdirected angst.
	Go Get Dad Directors: Adam Garnet Jones An unwanted reunion between a son and father forces the youth to find the strength to change their relationship forever.
	Grounded in Tradition & Moving with the Times Directors: Gwaliga Hart A young haida boy is transported into a miraculous world of language and tradition.
	How People Got Fire Directors: Daniel Janke Follow twelve-year-old Tish in this stunning animated work that brings to life the metaphor and magic of her grandmother’s story.

Feature Presentation (Total Run Time: 92 min):

Tungijuq Directors: Félix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël Producer: Isuma Productions Internationally renowned throat singer Tanya Tagaq and filmmaker Zacharius Kunuk star in this mesmerizing film celebrating the inuit hunting tradition.

Reel Injun Directors: Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes A powerful homage to North American Native people throughout a century of cinema, Reel Injun is a retelling of the history of the Hollywood Indian. Embarking on a personal quest to deconstruct the image of the stoic Indian that dotted television screens all over the world, Cree director Neil Diamond compares his own Northern-Canadian upbringing to the vastly different portrayals he grew up knowing and loving in the movies. With humour and insight, Diamond ventures into the heart of America’s southwest to uncover how Hollywood transformed the way the world viewed Native people. What emerges is a visual feast that includes clips from hundreds of Hollywood classics and candid interviews with cinema celebrities Robbie Robertson, Clint Eastwood, Graham Greene, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell, and Jim Jarmusch. In charting the evolution of Native cinema from the silent era until today, Reel Injun honours and celebrates the future of authentic Indigenous cinema. A tribute to all people who believe that nations can come together to have their voices heard.