Keeping their Spirits Alive: in partnership with Potlotek Eduction Keeping their Spirits Alive was a production program for girls and young women at Potlotek Education in which the participants developed and created their own media pieces for Mniku Radio, found on the dial at 93.7 FM CIYR. This series of short videos include stories about…
Nova Scotia 2017 The River & the Drum 13:25 min. In Millbrook First Nation Nova Scotia, a youth drumming group, Samqwan Boyz, share what drumming means to them. Samqwan means water in Mi’kmaq. Through conversations with Elders Doreen Bernard and Jean Martin, this community collaboration project explores the connection between drumming and water. A project…
11:23 min. 2016 created by Ma’kit Poulette, students of We’koqom’a Mi’kmaw School, Rob Smith, Lindsay Dobbin and Ann Verrall produced by Ann Verrall Elder Ma’kit Poulette shares a story with students at the We’koqom’a Mi’kmaw School in Waycobah Cape Breton about her experience at the Shubenacadie Residential School. When she arrived at age four her…
13 min. 2016 There is an agreement from the province of Nova to bring Treaty Education to all schools in the province. In this video students document a week of special activities taking place in the school for Treaty Day. Treaty Day honours the nation-to-nation relationship formed between Indigenous nations and the Canadian government, as…
Forum, Screenings, Talks Cross Cultural Conversations brings Saskatchewan filmmakers Janine Windolph and Trudy Stewart to Nova Scotia to engage with Nova Scotia film and theatre artists, students and Indigenous communities to explore themes of reconciliation and how we can de-colonize our approach to sharing stories. Through discussion, artist presentations, screenings and interactive Forum Theatre, the…
2015 AVGSAP is an on-line resource to support Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Trans Gendered, Trans Sexual, Queer, Questioning, 2-Spirited and Allies Youth (LGBTTQQ2SA) as well as educators and community partners. Students from across the region created a series of videos through a collaborative workshop process with theatre and media artists. A partnership with partnering with the Annapolis Valley…
2014 A collaborative multi-media installation project that explores the evolving rural Acadian identity in the Clare region. Les voix de Clare résonnent is a multi-media installation project created by L’Acadie art exchange collective (Sheila LeBlanc, Ariella Pahlke, Ann Verrall) artists from Clare, Terence Bay and Halifax in collaboration with three generations of community members from…
2014 Written and Directed by the youth participants Project Director: Ann Verrall Mentors: Tara Lee Reddick, Luckas Cardona, dancer Josee Bourgeois and Music group: Shoulder 2 Shoulder This inspiring video was created through the Annapolis Valley Summer Video Camp held at the Annapolis Valley First Nation and Central Kings School, Cambridge Station Nova Scotia. Through…
2013 Safe Passage looks at the personal and scientific impact environmental changes are having on the people, community and wildlife in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, home of the largest inland delta in North America. A visiting research scientist from the University of Saskatchewan shares his observations. A local media artist, Pierrette Settee, shares her personal experience…
Birchtown and Lockport Nova Scotia 2013 16 min. 2013 Written & directed by the participants in the Birchtown Summer Video Camp 2012 Ruth Brown, Harper La Plante, Taysia Phelps, Terrell Phelps, Cohan Rennehan & Amie Riley Through song, poetry and documentary, six youth explore the historic racial divide and their connection to the community of…
