According to the Inside Film website, Australia feature film ‘Mad Bastards‘ will make its U.S. premiere at this year’s Sundance film festival on Jan. 18. Directed by first-timer Brendan Fletcher (a self-described “white guy from Sydney”), the movie was shot on location in Western Australia with the strong involvement of local Aboriginal people, including a […]
Here’s an amazing story you just gotta love, courtesy of the Navajo Times: By the time Donavan Seschillie, Jake Hoyungowa and Deidra Peaches finished making “The Rocket Boy,” they didn’t have $50 left for the fee to apply for the Sundance Film Festival. … [But now] the trio from Flagstaff can boast of being the […]
I first met Patricia Monture at the University of Western Ontario in 1979. She was taking anthropology and other courses for a B.A.. I was in the one-year Program in Journalism for Native Peoples (PJNP). She was Mohawk from Grand River Territory near Brantford; I was Kanienkeha:ka (Mohawk) from Kanehsatà:ke Territory near Montreal. We both […]
A multidisciplinary artist who’s immersed her energy across several fields, Kinnie Starr‘s interests range from music, visual arts and women’s issues (she possesses a Women’s Studies degree from Queen’s University) to leading youth workshops and being a yoga expert. However Starr is most recognized for her musical output which began to raise much notoriety within […]
If there’s anything that helps people emerge from a shared struggle, it’s shared laughter. Despite the hardships many Aboriginal people across Turtle Island have endured, they’ve been able to maintain an infallible sense of humour: one that’s evolved from timeless trickster stories into standup comedy and television shows, among other methods and media. Ryan McMahon […]
