Canada is a country known for its nature and its friendliness, two qualities that have been mythologized by nationalism and government marketing efforts for many decades. The country is also know for its vibrant documentary culture, where sometimes these mythic elements—and others—are propped up, dismantled or challenged. The Canada of natural abundance and preservation, and the Canada of openness and kindness are, in the face of extractive capitalism, liberal colonialism and social inequity, arguably the images in most need of radical transformation.
In this program of five creative doc shorts inspired filmmakers buck formulaic non-fiction trends and form beautiful, sometimes experimental shapes from actuality while provoking ripples of political thought through a subtle underpinning of critique, conservation, debate, relationality and reflection.
A thread weaves these captivating works together, as humans consider deeply their relations to each other and the natural world – in all its vitality and its precarity.
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With time lapse videography of rotting in action, Wrought creates an intimate, immersive world where decay can be beautiful, tender and even surprisingly human.
An immersion into the colourful world of textile artist Deborah Dumka that invites viewers to witness the unflinchingly intimate details of her artistic process and inner life.
Flavie is a bold and opinionated 15-year-old who is ready to engage in civil disobedience and suffer legal consequences in her fight for her social and environmental convictions.
Eastern white pines submerged under the waters of a hydroelectric reservoir on unceded Innu territory transform into flames.
Distance is about reflecting on the past and thinking through the histories of displacement forced upon First Nations within the Vancouver area.
