Thursday , April 14 , 7pm
THE SEAGULL EGG
Nishka Pajor , Yukon , 7m , Documentary As we step onto a small boat parked at a dock in Carcross , Elder Stanley James takes us on a journey back to the old times when harvesting seagull eggs was an important and necessary activity providing food diversity and survival .
IMALIRIJIT
Vincent L ’ Hérault , Tim Anaviapik Soucie , Nunavut , 27m , Documentary The inspired journey of a young Inuit community researcher .
CONNECTED
Nicholas Jones , UK , 28m , Documentary A journey through our connection with nature , what we derive from it and what is at stake when we lose the connection .
WALKING WITH PLANTS
Trevor Dixon Bennett , Leigh Joseph BC , 23m , documentary Styawat / Leigh Joseph is a Skwxwú7mesh Nation ethnobotanist . She grew up away from her traditional territory of Squamish , B . C . but in coming to a deeper understanding of her identity as a Skwxwú7mesh woman , felt called to move her family home . As she navigates walking between academic and cultural worlds , she contemplates her relationship with plants and their role as teachers . On the land where her ancestors have harvested since time beyond memory , her life purpose is awakened .
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