Indigenous Films

Thursday, January 18: Indigenous Films at Canada’s Top Ten Film FestivalAs a part of Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival, The Cinematheque is presenting two notable films that highlight Indigenous voices and mainstream cultural contributions:

• Our People Will Be Healed – Documentarian and Indigenous activist Alanis Obomsawin examines the Norway House Cree Nation’s unique approach to education and collective efforts towards healing. Obomsawin shows us what action-driven decolonization actually looks like, using interviews and gorgeous landscape photography to represent this vibrant place in all its complexity and beauty.
  
  Thurs Jan 18, 6:30 pm The Cinematheque – map
  
• Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World - Rapturously received everywhere it has played, Rumble explores an oft-neglected chapter of North American music history: the important influence of musicians of First Nations descent. Stretching back a century to groundbreaking blues musician Charlie Patton, whose Indigenous ancestry was often glossed over, the documentary covers an extraordinary amount of ground.
  
  Thurs Jan 18, 8:30 pm The Cinematheque – map