REDSCREEN Wednesday May 21st :: 7:30pm :: £4/3 inspired by cube's bluescreen series, an open call to bring and try. REDSCREEN is a gathering of all kinds of short films by mostly independent productions from native american (aka ndn) filmmakers, videographers and digital artists from the landmass now called canada. REDSCREEN will take you on a journey from the old ways in the bush onto the reserve then to innercity skidrows in three hours! sponsored by sakewewak artists collective in regina, saskatchewan - REDSCREEN was programmed by cheryl l'hirondelle waynohtew. she looks forward to presenting the work as well as hanging out in the bar with you all afterwards - hey ever tasted vodka with bisongrass in it? programme details: HOME :: Colleen Simard :: ojibwe / french / cree / swedish :: 2000 :: 2:45 home deals with the conflicting worlds of aboriginal people, the view of the urban aboriginal and the view of the rural aboriginal. the many faces, lifestyles and homes of aboriginals are edited to the beat of the plains powwow drum JOURNEY THROUGH FEAR :: Dennis Jackson :: cree :: 1998 :: 5:53 this animated story follow an old mosom as he checks his week's worth of traps while hunting along the shoreline. as he ventures out with his dog sled team, he reflects on how he got where he is. the expansion of communities has pushed his trap line further north just as his father before him. while at the fishing hole he encounters a large black bear jumping out of the shoreline. his only chance is to run to the sled to get his rifle. the faster he runs, the closer the bear gets. STORIES FROM THE 7TH FIRE-SPRING :: Greg Coyes :: metis :: 2002 :: 24:00 Tales of Wesakechak: The First Spring Flood This animation is a story about the power of friendship and co-operation. In the time before there were people on Turtle Island (North America), the Creator put the shape-shifter Wisakehcak on the earth to take care of all the creatures. Wolf Tale: Legend of the Giant Beaver Mother Wolf tells her cubs a story about an ancient time when the great plains were covered by water. In those days, there were giant Beaver the size of Grizzly Bears. From the story we see how these special areas created by Beaver attracts and sustains all kinds of other animals and insects. (Inspired by a story from the Peace River Dene) SILENT TEARS :: Shirley Cheechoo :: cree :: 1997 :: 28:00 based on a cree family's true story, silent tears is a gripping drama that chronicles a very tough northern winter for nine-year-old anne, her parents and siblings. BLACK PEPPER :: David Garneau :: metis :: 1999 :: 4:00 A young aboriginal man (Cory Cardinal) listens silently to the off-camera narrator as he tells the story of his punishment of a Native ward of the state twenty years earlier. He is looking for forgiveness. After the credits the young man responds. RED BUFFALO SKYDIVE :: Judith Norris :: metis :: 2001 :: 3:30 Red Buffalo Skydive is a 3 minute video featuring a repeating 6 second clip of an animated running buffalo combined with dialogue of the artist repeating a story told to her by a paraplegic man who picked her up hitchhiking. RETRACE :: Darlene Naponse :: anishnawbe :: 2001 :: 5:10 narrated by an elder, this experimental short explores the beauty of a simple life in a modest home full of warmth and love. an elder asks why things change and wonders why the young people disappear to the cities while he lives a structured simple life without the complexities of the modern age. OVERWEIGHT WITH CROOKED TEETH :: Shelley Niro :: mohawk :: 1997 :: 5:00 Based on a poem by her brother, this experimental video frames issues of Native identity by reversing stereotypes. PIGEON POWWOW :: Ken Williams :: cree :: 2003 :: 2:21 a play on the courting rituals (aka teepee creeping) prevalent at most current day powwows. 2510047901 :: Steven Loft :: mohawk :: 2002 :: 2:00 this short video compresses the history of native indian people living in canada. they have to comply with the standard issuing of numbers to be counted as one of the indians with status. this is done to keep track of government monies, which are distributed among those who are entitled to heritage and birthrights because chiefs of native nations signed with the canadian government. ANHEDONIA :: Thirza Cuthand :: cree :: 2001 :: 9:00 In Anhedonia you are made deeply aware of the walls between public perception of mental illness and an inner reality that wraps itself around the artist's message. Depression and suicide are met head on with Cuthand's honesty. Anhedonia shocks people into opening their eyes to the scourge of the illness in the Aboriginal community. Statistics, split images, words and flesh meld together making this short film long on compassion, screaming out for help and recognition for dreams of someday having a normal life. I WANT TO KNOW WHY :: Dana Claxton :: lakota / hunkpapa :: 1994 :: 6:30 The video maker investigates the women in her family who have succumbed prematurely to external forces of racism and poverty. Using repetition and manipulation of western images of First Nations culture with an at first timid, then demanding voice over, the video moves through sorrow and indignation with the processes of cultural genocide. DEEP INSIDE CLINT STAR :: Clint Alberta :: dene :: 1998 :: 88:37 director clint alberta takes us on a hilarious and bittersweet journey into the hearts and minds of some very ordinary, extraordinary young aboriginal canadians. clint, taking on the role of clint star, seeks out his far-flung buddies, young natives like himself. they talk about sex and life... love and abuse... 500 years of oppression - with humour, grace and courage.