Les Filles du roi
In collaboration with Terres en vues, this program serves as a reminder that cinema can be a vessel for peace and make it the subject of its narratives. At the same time, it commemorates the Great Peace of Montreal, signed by the French and 39 First Nations in Montreal in 1701.
Les Filles du roi is the powerful story of a young girl, Kateri and her brother Jean-Baptiste whose lives are disrupted upon the arrival of les Filles du roi in New France (now Montreal) in 1665. They forge an unlikely relationship with the young fille Marie-Jeanne Lespérance – whose dream of a new life is more complicated than she could have imagined. Over the course of a year, Mohawk, French and English journeys collide, setting the stage for the Canada we know today.
Corey Payette
Corey Payette is an interdisciplinary storyteller, writer, composer, director in theatre and film. He is Anishinaabe (a member of the Mattagami First Nations), with French Canadian and Irish ancestry. Known for his deeply moving, large-scale original musical creations, Payette’s work challenges the public’s notion of what musicals can be, inserting Indigenous perspectives and narratives into mainstream spaces, igniting conversations that inspire social change. Payette’s work explores themes of colonization, Indigenous language revitalization, cultural healing, reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, and the complexity of historic and contemporary Indigenous experiences across music, theatre, and film. His deeply collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and community engaged creation process has been integral in shining a light on stories that have gone unheard for generations.
Photo: Luke Fontana
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