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Yintah is a new documentary film about environmental racism, injustice and
the power of Indigenous resistance.
The film’s global debut will be March 1 at the True/False FilmFest in Columbia,
Missouri. The Canadian debut and screenings will follow shortly thereafter, to
be announced soon on the
Yintah website here:
https://www.yintahfilm.com/
Filmmaker Jennifer Wickham belongs to Cas Yikh (Grizzly Bear House) in the
Gidimt’en (Bear/Wolf) Clan of the Wet’suwet’en. Twelve years ago, she moved to
the Yintah (land) to defend her home territories against proposed pipelines.
As the media coordinator for
Gidimt’en Checkpoint, a website devoted to the
Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs’ struggle against pipelines and police incursion
on the territory in northern B.C., she shares messages from the intersection of
social justice and sovereignty.
“Our filmmaking process was ultimately designed to encourage collaboration and
to support the collective authority of Wet'suwet'en people,” explained
co-director and co-producer, journalist and award-winning filmmaker Michael
Toledano.
For Wickham, filmmaking wasn't a career pivot, but rather an organic evolution
from her role as media coordinator. While she has always been a visual thinker,
she said she never envisioned herself navigating the complexities of the film
industry. Receiving a decade's worth of footage chronicling Indigenous
resistance and resilience sparked the documentary project.
That footage was shot by Toledano and a number of camera operators “who spent
long stints of time living on Wet'suwet'en territory, including Melissa Cox,
Dan Loan, Jesse Freeston, Sam Vinal, Keir Knight, Grace Burke, and Alexandra
Kotcheff,” said Toledano."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
