Intro Film: Woman Dress

Duration: 6 minutes

Pre-contact, a Two Spirit person named Woman Dress travels the Plains, gathering and sharing stories. Featuring archival images and dramatized re-enactments, this film shares a Cuthand family oral story, honouring and respecting Woman Dress without imposing colonial binaries on them.

Feature Film: Rosie

Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes

An orphaned Indigenous girl is forced to live with her reluctant, street-smart, francophone aunty and her two gender-bending best friends in 80's Montreal. Métis-Cree filmmaker Gail Maurice‘s first feature film shows an atypical family that does not compromise on its vision of life.

Intro Film: Mitata (Grandfather)

Duration: 6 minutes

The story of one family, their connection to their land, and discovering their resilience. Mitata (pronounced "mee-da-da") is Mi'kmaq word translating to "grandfather.” Created by Elsipogtog First Nation filmmaker Desmond Simon, Mitata is a celebration of a grandfather through the voice of his son and the eyes of his grandson.

Intro Film: Kehkimin (Teach Me)

Duration: 7 minutes

This documentary tells the story of the first-ever Wolastoqey immersion school. The school, located in the traditional territories of the Wolastoqey people (in what is today known as New Brunswick, Canada) provides an opportunity for children and adults to learn and reconnect with their language and ways of life.

Feature Film: Ntoliwis Nil Wolastoq (My Name is Wolastoq)

Duration: 47 minutes

A candid and powerful window in the movement to preserve and celebrate Wolastoqui culture and identity, including the calls to formally reclaim the name of the Wolastoq (Saint John) River.

Intro Film: Stories are in Our Bones

Duration: 11 minutes

In this layered short film, filmmaker Janine Windolph takes her young sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother), a residential school survivor who retains a deep knowledge and memory of the land. The act of reconnecting with their homeland is a cultural and familial healing journey for the boys, who are growing up in the city. It’s also a powerful form of resistance for the women.

Feature Film: The Road Forward

Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes

The Road Forward, a musical documentary by Marie Clements, connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. The Road Forward’s stunningly shot musical sequences, performed by an ensemble of some of Canada’s finest vocalists and musicians, seamlessly connect past and present with soaring vocals, blues, rock, and traditional beats. A rousing tribute to the fighters for First Nations rights, a soul-resounding historical experience, and a visceral call to action.