DetermiNATION songs
30 years of socially engaged cinema
In this selection of 4 films for the Cinémathèque and for Tënk, we witness the beginnings of the anti-globalization movement and the preparations for a civil disobedience action in Montreal, we meet the last survivors of the discriminatory Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act, we get to know Filipino migrant families shattered by the need to go into exile to work. We meet the last survivors of the discriminatory Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act, we get to know Filipino migrant families shattered by the need to go into exile to work, and we learn about Aboriginal communities and their struggles through the music of committed First Nations artists.
In partnership with Cinema Politica, les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal et Tënk.
The mission of the Centre d'art et essai de la Cinémathèque québécoise (CAECQ) is to primary program Quebec-made documentaries and independent fiction, as well as international documentaries, animated and foreign films, while encouraging opportunities for meetings between the public and the artists. Its programming is presented in conjunction with the Cinémathèque québécoise’s under the label New releases.
With the presence of filmmakers and artists Pakesso Mukash and Matthew Iserhoff
Featuring three artists, CerAmony, Cheri Maracle and Samian, whose voices, rhythms, sampling and guitar chords reveal the excitement of today's Aboriginal music scene while exposing the realities and struggles of their communities. At a time when resistance is growing on Aboriginal territories, this work on music, art and politics brings to the forefront the struggles of First Nations that are too often left in the shadows.
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Trailer in original version with French subtitles
Paul M. Rickard
Mushkeg Media President Paul M. Rickard is an Omuskego Cree from Moose Factory in Northern Ontario. For the past ten years he has been a producer, director and cameraman with independent production companies and organizations including Nutaaq Media Inc, Wildheart Productions, Wawatay, CBC North and the National Film Board of Canada. Paul is now branching out into independent production.
Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith is an award-winning filmmaker, media artist and educator, Métis, born and raised in St. James, Manitoba. She is a founding member of the Dawson First Peoples Initiative, the Indigenous Education Council and the Intercollegiate Decolonizing Network, and teaches film and communication at Dawson College. She has directed and produced numerous documentary films and interactive works. She uses a variety of media and participatory strategies to explore issues of Indigenous identity and resurgence, self-determined education, and cross-cultural experience. She is the principal investigator of the First Peoples Post-secondary Storytelling Exchange (fppse.net) and has coordinated the Journeys First Peoples Transition program for four years. A Vanier Scholar, she is currently working on a PhD at McGill on the topic of Indigenous educational sovereignty.
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Presented in partenership with Cinema Politica, Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal & Tënk.
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