Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée, la Maison de la culture Mercier (Mercier/Hochelaga-Maisonneuve) et Terres en vues – société pour la diffusion de la culture autochtone présentent :
Abénaki féminin
Avec Alanis Obomsawin (gravures) et Christine Sioui Wawanoloath (sculptures)
Synopsis: Surfacing The Thames was an experimental film by experimental filmmaker David Rimmer. He was my first 16mm film teacher at SFU 1983, and I appreciated his work and support as a young film student of that decade. He took a strip of film and rephotographed it numerous times to create the lengthen work that it is today.… Read more
Rentrée mouvementée pour Terres en vues alors que l’administration Tremblay a décidé inopinément, sans tenir compte des nombreux avis défavorables en provenance des milieux culturels montréalais, d’autoriser le déménagement des Francofolies de Montréal en juin, dans le même quartier, et aux mêmes jours, où se tient traditionnellement Présence autochtone.… Read more
Danish writer Jorn Riel, author of For Morgendagen, the book that inspired the filmmakers of Before Tomorrow, is interviewed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau, co-director of the film. He talks about his experience in Greenland and his love and respect for the old Inuit women he met as a young adventurer in the Arctic. This interview took place on his farm in Sweden, in 2005.
