7:00pm - 8:00pm
7:00pm | Film Screenings
Discussion to follow
Enjoy screenings of completed works and works-in-progress by Kevin Settee, including The Lake Winnipeg Project: Poplar River. Opening remarks by Elder Charlotte Nolin. Conversation between Kevin Settee and Sonya Ballantyne will follow the screening.
Event will take place in Illavut and Ilpvik. These two spaces are named by Inuttitut (Nunatsiavut) Language Keepers Katie Winters and Dr. Heather Igloliorte.
Kevin Settee
Kevin Settee was born and raised in the downtown west end of Winnipeg, with roots in Matheson Island, and Fisher River. As the current University of Manitoba Writer/Storyteller in Residence, Kevin focuses a lot of his work on social justice, Indigenous rights, and Indigenous storytelling through photography and video.
Written and directed by Kevin Settee, Poplar River short film explores the special connection that Poplar River First Nation has to the lands and waters surrounding their community. Poplar River community members Sophia Rabliauskas and Clint Bittern share their perspectives on the importance and intergenerational responsibility of protecting the lands and waters in their territory for generations to come.
A production of The National Film Board of Canada – North West Studio
@2021 The National Film Board of Canada
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