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2022-02-03T20:41:06.000Z
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Video Title:
A Different Lens
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Women and two-spirited peoples have always occupied a special role in Indigenous societies, celebrated for their ability to see the world differently. Hear from today’s prominent filmmakers about how they are utilizing a different lens to tell Indigenous stories. Tracey Deer (Mohawk) Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer led the acclaimed dramedy Mohawk Girls to five award-winning seasons as its co-creator, director, and co-showrunner. She received four consecutive Canadian Screen Award nominations for Best Direction in a Comedy Series for Mohawk Girls, and she has been honored at TIFF with the Birks Diamond Tribute Award. She’s currently working on Inner City Girl, a feature about Aboriginal gang life, with Original Pictures. Tracey’s work has been honored with two Gemini Awards and numerous awards from multiple film festivals, including Hot Docs. She has worked with the CBC, the National Film Board, and numerous independent production companies throughout Canada in both documentary and fiction. Tracey chairs the Board of Directors of Women in View, a non-profit that promotes greater diversity and gender parity in Canadian media. She has mentored emerging talent as leader of the Director Training Program at the imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival, as a guest at the National Screen Institute (NSI) New Indigenous Voices Program, and as mentor at NSI’s new IndigiDocs training course. Adriana Otero Puerto (Maya [Yuc]) Adriana Otero Puerto is a filmmaker from Mérida, Yucatán. She graduated from the School of Arts of Yucatán with a master’s degree in the Production and Teaching of Visual Arts. She has produced and co-directed several documentaries such as The Value of the Earth (El Valor de la Tierra), for which she won Best Mexican Documentary Short Film at the Kayché Tejidos Visuales Film and Video Festival in 2015. She was awarded the PECDA Yucatan in 2014, won the 2015 Municipal Youth Prize in the category “Cultura” and was beneficiary of the Municipal Fund for Visual Arts and FONCA in 2016. In 2018 she won the IMCINE National Short Film Competition. In 2019 she produced and co-directed her debut film What Happened to the Bees? (¿Qué les pasó a las abejas?). As a Yucatán-born filmmaker, she wants to raise awareness of socio-environmental conflicts that are taking place in the indigenous Mexican territories. She is currently directing the Abejas Cine production and distribution company. Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu (Kanaka) Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu is a Native Hawaiian teacher, cultural practitioner and filmmaker who uses digital media to protect and perpetuate indigenous languages and traditions. She began her film work as a protagonist and educational advisor for the award-winning films Kumu Hina and A Place in the Middle. Both films received a National Education Association Human Rights Award, Native Hawaiian Educator of the year and White House Champion of Change Award for the groundbreaking impact campaigns. Continuing her journey to the other side of the lens, Kumu Hina produced the PBS/ARTE feature documentary Leitis in Waiting and award-winning short Lady Eva about her transgender sisters in the Kingdom of Tonga. Hina is also a transgender health advocate, burial council chair, candidate for the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and composer of “Ku Haaheo E Kuu Hawai'i,” the internationally-known anthem for the protection of Mauna Kea which was honored as Hawaiian Song of the Year in the 2020 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards, known as the Hawaiian Grammys. Cass Gardiner (Anishinaabe) – Moderator Cass Gardiner is an Anishinaabekwe filmmaker, curator, and writer from Kebaowek First Nation. As a filmmaker, she produced the short documentary Jewels Hunt, which was supported by ITVS and TFI, and broadcast on Independent Lens. Her documentary film The Edible Indian has met critical acclaim in classrooms and theatres internationally and was nominated for Best Documentary Short at the American Indian Film Festival. Her writing can be found in Inuit Art Quarterly and the upcoming Cherry Bombe. Cass has held a variety of positions within documentary film institutions, namely the National Film Board of Canada, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, Wapikoni Mobile, and most recently at the Tribeca Film Institute. She holds an MFA from Ryerson University and a BA from NYU Gallatin.
Video Duration:
40 min 22 sec
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Native American Indian Museum Smithsonian "Indigenous Peoples" "Smithsonian Institution" "Smithsonian NMAI" "National Museum of the American Indian"
