On March 8 International Women’s Day, the 4-part documentary series Women of This Land, premiered on CBC Gem. Directed by Stephanie Joline, Women Of This Land is a co-production between Princess Space Monster Films and Peep Media’s Jessica Brown and Jackie Torrens in association with CBC Maritimes, with the participation of the Indigenous Screen Office and support from Screen Nova ... The post Women Of This Land appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

In my hands I held centuries. When I was visiting the Nova Scotia Archives in Wikumkewiku’s September 2023, I looked over treaty documents under the helpful, watchful gaze of the archivists who worked there. The faded signatures of the 18th century Peace and Friendship Treaties were illuminated by warm lights on the paper-thin hide. As ... The post Treaty Road appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Image: Still from Arctic Song/Chanson de l’Arctique, winner of Best Canadian Short Film – Radio-Canada Espaces Autochtones Award (works by Aboriginal filmmakers located in Canada) The Montreal First Peoples Festival was back this year with a full roster of Indigenous focused films that screened throughout the city from August 8 to 19 2022. It is ... The post MUST SEE FILM WINNERS LIST FROM THE MONTREAL 2022 FIRST PEOPLES FESTIVAL appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

After a two-year COVID pause, The Montreal First Peoples Festival was back on the streets, stages, and in theatres from August 9-18, 2022. The Festival has long included Indigenous films as a main Festival presentation and has established a reputation for programming Indigenous focused films hailing from across Turtle Island and the Americas. As a ... The post MONTREAL FIRST PEOPLES FESTIVAL FILMS ARE BACK! The Great Movement Film Review appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Image credit: Painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images) MUSKRAT Magazine is honoured to help share the Missing Matoaka Project and unveil the real story of Pocahontas. We believe that Indigenous stories must be told through the lens and voices of Indigenous people who bring a necessary truth to centuries of ... The post Missing Matoaka: The True Story of Pocahontas appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Despite the ongoing pandemic, Indigenous film had a strong outing. We started out with insightful documentaries during the Hot Docs International Film Festival that explored Black and Indigenous relations in One of Ours, and Anishinaabe journalist Tanya Tagala reflected on her truth-telling book Seven Fallen Feathers in Spirit to Soar. Leading up to the Toronto ... The post INDIGENOUS FILM: A YEAR IN REVIEW appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Still from Reservation Dogs | Image credit: FX Network The highly acclaimed Reservation Dogs is being praised in the Indigenous community and beyond. A comedy television series showcases Indigenous youth lives on an Oklahoma reservation, the first series to be filmed entirely in the United States. Created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi for FX ... The post Reservation Dogs: A Start in Rezpresentation in Television appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Film still from Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics | Image credit: tiff.net Each year the Toronto International Film Festival premieres talented Indigenous filmmakers in different stages of their careers. This year TIFF screens newcomers sharing semi-autobiographical stories about their loved ones, established filmmakers making new gains in the post-apocalyptic genre, and legendary filmmakers foraying ... The post INDIGENOUS FILMS TO GET EXCITED FOR AT TIFF 2021 appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Courtney Montour listening to filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin’s 1984 recordings of Mary. | Credit NFB Mary Two-Axe Earley is an iconic Indigenous woman warrior who took on the Canadian government to fight for the rights of Indigenous women. There was a time in Canadian history that if an Indigenous woman married a non-Indigenous man she would ... The post PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER COURTNEY MONTOUR ON MARY TWO-AXE EARLEY’S HISTORICAL FIGHT FOR INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S RIGHTS appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Courtney Montour listening to filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin’s 1984 recordings of Mary. | Credit NFB Mary Two-Axe Early is an iconic Indigenous woman warrior who took on the Canadian government to fight for the rights of Indigenous women. There was a time in Canadian history that if an Indigenous woman married a non-Indigenous man she would ... The post PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER COURTNEY MONTOUR ON MARY TWO-AXE EARLY’S HISTORICAL FIGHT FOR INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S RIGHTS appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more