2011 Program
Revisioning the Americas through Indigenous Cinema 2011
REGARDS AUTOCHTONES SUR LES AMÉRIQUES 2011
Visiones indígenas sobre las Américas 2011
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4th (Montreal)
12-4:30PM: INRS (385, rue Sherbrooke est)
12h00-12h15 : Introduction to the 3rd edition of Revisioning the Americas through Indigenous Cinema
With : Claudine Cyr,Isabelle St-Amand, André Dudemaine, Carole Lévesque et Martin Loft.
PANEL SESSION 1
12h15-12h35: Katharine Asals (Canadian Film Center), "Dream, Vision and Storytelling in Indigenous Cinema."
12h35-12h55: Bruno Cornellier (University of Manitoba), "Education, Liberal Correction, and Native Documentary Cinema in Canada."
12h55-13h15: Amalia Córdova (New York University and National Museum of the American Indian), "Nomadic/sporadic: the pathways of indigenous film festivals in Latin America."
PANEL SESSION 2
13h45-14h05: Denis Bellemare (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi), "Working With Images as a Tool For the Development and Empowerment of Indigenous Individuals and Communities."
14h05-14h20: Stéphane Guimont Marceau (Université de Montréal), "The Wapikoni mobile: towards a new territory of citizenship for Indigenous peoples?"
14h30-14h35: Projection of film clips from our guests from the Wapikoni mobile
Interview
14h35-14h55: With two filmmakers from the Wapikoni mobile
With: Réal Junior Leblanc (filmmaker) and Zacharie Jean-Pierre (filmmaker).
Panel discussion
15h00-16h30: Critical thinking and action through documentary filmmaking: from within the community
With: Kakwironoron Cook (filmmaker), Roberto Olivares Ruiz (filmmaker) and Ari A. Cohen (filmmaker).
5-8:30PM: NFB, Montréal
17h00-18h15: Reception (on invitation)
18h30-19h30: Film projections: Cry Rock by Banchi Hanuse, Down the Mighty River, by Ernest Webb and First Voices by Amalia Córdova. (this is the only activity where you'll have to buy a ticket)
Panel discussion
19h30-20h: The survival of Indigenous culture and identity through changing times
With: Amalia Córdova (filmmaker) and Tiokasin Ghosthorse (radio host).
8:30PM and on: see program of the First People's festival Présence autochtone
FRIDAY AUGUST 5th (Legion Hall, Kahnawake)
8h15: Getting on the shuttle bus: INRS, Montréal, 385, rue Sherbrooke est
8h30: Bus departure from the INRS
9h00-9h15 Arrival
9h45-10h00: Welcoming and opening address
Information session
10h-1045: Session for Aboriginal film and video artists and organizations
With: Noël Habel and Ian Reid (Canada Council for the Arts)
Panel discussion
11h00-12h15: Mohawk perspectives on filmmaking
With: Tracy Deer (filmmaker), Reaghan Tarbell (filmmaker), Konwennohon Delaronde (filmmaker), Dale Montour (director).
Conference
14h15-15h00: Conference on the creation, direction and production of the Indigenous feature film Nana Mesnak, les adieux de la tortue.
With Yves Sioui Durand (author, actor, theater stage director and film director)
Panel discussion
15h30-17h00: Indigenous fiction and animation film
With Yves Sioui Durand (filmmaker), Lars Rosing (actor), Jeff Barnabé (réalisateur), Jason Ryle (ImagineNATIVE) and Ian Boyd (producer).
17h15: Shuttle bus return to the INRS, Montreal.
8:30PM and on: see program of the First People's festival Présence autochtone