2Ro Media Festival 24: Free Public Film Screenings
Saturday October 19th 6pm start
Thru the Red Door 1579 4th Line Rd Six Nations
Tentsítewahkwe by Katsitsionni Fox
As a young girl, Jessica Shenandoah (Wolf Clan from the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation) learned about harvesting medicine and edible plants alongside her mother and grandmother. Contemporary Native Peoples are often separated many generations from their traditional knowledge due to the effects of colonial realities such as boarding school, forced religion, and land theft.
In Tentsítewahkwe, the latest film centering Native women by Mohawk filmmaker Katsitsionni Fox, Shenandoah goes on a journey across four seasons and multiple Native territories to connect with other knowledge keepers reviving the land-based wisdom of foremothers in order to return to time-honored practices of pottery making, mat weaving, hide tanning, medicine making, food gathering, and more.
Wilfred Buck
A National Film Board of Canada and Door Number 3 Productions Inc. co-production
He’s from the “fresh-out-of-the-bush, partly civilized, colonized, displaced people,” and he’s here to take us to the stars. Lisa Jackson’s portrait of Cree Elder Wilfred Buck moves between earth and sky, past and present, bringing to life ancient teachings of Indigenous astronomy and cosmology to tell a story that spans generations. Adapted from Buck’s rollicking memoir I Have Lived Four Lives, the film weaves together stories from his life, including his harrowing young years of displacement and addiction. Seamlessly fusing present-day scenes with cinematic re-enactments and archival footage, this intimate yet expansive documentary takes us on an inspiring journey to the space beyond, and to the spaces between us all.
Sunday October 20th 6pm start
Chiefswood Park Upper Pavilion 1037 Brant County Highway 54 Six Nations
Short Film Program:
Savage Future by Terry Jones
Editing to the soundscape of shaking Iroquois white corn and tapping, Seneca filmmaker Terry Jones uses personal and historic still images to link his family and the American Indian Boarding School experience.
The Spirit of Rage by 2Ro Media Collective
The Spirit of Rage video poem is a production of 2Ro Media Jackson 2Bears - Director and Editor and Janet Rogers - Writer and Performer with camera work by Wes Day of Fresh Shift Productions. Filmed on the Six Nations Reserve July 2020 the poetry and film is a response to the invitation from Sâkêwêwak Artists' Collective for the group exhibit Thinking Through Blood. In case there is any question; this is an Indigenous collective's response to the absurdity of white supremacy and the danger it poses to the lives of BIPOC and that of humanity overall.
Feature Film:
The Damnation by Christopher Darton
‘The Damnation’ takes place in the small largely Indigenous Canadian communities of Creek and Buffalo Mines. Since the closing of the mines a number of years ago the area is a shell of its once thriving past. The area is mostly made up of seniors and Indigenous people who have inhabited the area for hundreds of years. To further complicate matters developers - led by a mysterious religious figure have appeared and are clearcutting the land. These developments and age-old colonial sentiments have helped un-earth a malignant evil that begins not only destroying the environment; but feeding on the blood of locals
Filmmakers, Directors and Actors in attendance for the October 20th film program.
LOCATIONS
Thru the Red Door Media Centre:1579 4th Line Ohsweken, Ontario
Chiefswood Park, Upper Pavilion Indoor and Outdoor spaces 1037 Brant County Hwy 54, Ohsweken, ON