Beyond Being Silenced: Gyaa Isdlaa
World-famous Haida artist Robert Davidson stages a potlatch acknowledging centuries of Indigenous abuse by government and colonists but celebrating the newfound spirit of cultural and societal renewal and reconciliation.
This movie is not rated.
Waaydanaa: Now is the Time
When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii in almost a century. On the 50th anniversary of the pole’s raising, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter steps easily through history to revisit that day in August 1969, when the entire village of Old Massett gathered to celebrate the event that would signal the rebirth of the Haida spirit.
This movie is not rated.
Doors open: 1:30 p.m.
Movie starts: 2 p.m.
Movie run time: Beyond Being Silenced – 23 minutes; Waaydanaa – 16 minutes
Waaydanaa screening is presented with the support of NFB/ONF.