Cultural leader, entrepreneur, impresario, entertainer, activist. Melbourne opera singer Tiriki Onus thought he knew his charismatic grandfather Bill, until an unearthed 70-year-old silent film suggests he might have been the first ever Aboriginal filmmaker. As Tiriki journeys across the continent and chases down myriad leads about his grandfather, a compelling untold story of activism, resistance and politically driven art-making unfolds. With all the intrigue of the best detective fiction.
Indigenous
Wholistic Conversations on Liver Wellness: An Indigenous Perspective
The DocuStory gives visual voice to wholistic awareness surrounding the importance of the liver in our wellness. Health and media researchers partnered with Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, healthcare professionals, a social influencer, and young people with lived experience to co-create an approach to liver wellness and hepatitis C focusing on balance and healing.
Liver disease and hepatitis C rates are rising and culturally connected resources are integral to shifting the disparity narrative.
Virus
Powerful cinematographic slam, with a mastery of words in the language imposed by colonization, this film expresses a criticism of our relationship to Mother Earth.
Back To Ste. Madeleine
Jack Belhumeur invites the viewers on a ride along as he travels with his father and son to the site of their ancestral community. Jack tells the dark history but paints a brighter narrative of a resilient and strong people with strong roots.
The voice of water
Healing and poetic essay on our intergenerational relationship with water.
Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun
A thrilling portrait of a young Siksika woman and the deep bonds between her father and family in the golden plains of Blackfoot Territory as she prepares for one of the most dangerous horse races in the world… on bareback.