Short

What uranium that was mined from the Navajo Nation was really used for.

Finished second in the APTN Show Us Your Beat video contest.

Filmmaker: Gord Grisenthwaite

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gord@frantictoad.com

Producer's Name: Gord Grisenthwaite

Year of Production: 2006

Country: Canada

Region: BC

This term 3 project was for a title sequence, I chose to do a video game, as I like the hype of a video game trailer, and I wanted this trailer to exude excitement, hype, energy, and inspire awe amongst its audience, with stunning visuals, maxed out sound effects, and a great soundtrack I got from 5 Alarm. I created the storyboard, produced and made the all the visual graphics, and sound effec… Uqalimakkanirit

Here is my first motion design project, called Mapiya a Sioux term meaning Sky, filmed at two locations one a neighbour of VFS called ooothird, and the other in Capilano Reserve in North Van. I made the entire project on my own, I got some help filming myself in the beggining thanks to my schoolmate, and made the design of it.

The Colony, Jeff Barnaby’s second short is a gritty depiction of deception, desolation and decay. Born of an imaginative script and proficiently executed, this powerful film witnesses cockroaches and chainsaws wreak havoc during one man’s descent into madness.

Filmmaker: Jeff Barnaby

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The screen-based world - Is it the reflector or the director? Do we imitate it, or does it imitate us? ‘name that movie’ explores common colonisation techniques through the “gods eye” of mainstream movies with an international reach.

No longer able to hunt their prey the way their ancestors did, the young Wemotaci have become night runners through the deserted village. And can they ever run! They run for fun or just to exhaust themselves—until the police go after them. A fresh and lively filmmaking feat.

Filmmaker: Shanook Néwashish

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2 minutes news report about the School race from Uummannaq. the school continues the dogsledge tradition with the kids but with the warmly climate, the race was canceled many years ago. Finaly, possible in 2008!

It`s more of a short video than a film. Almost a blog. We were waiting for a Hummer to pick us up and drive us to a CD Release Party where Fresh IE`s new CD Lockjaw was being celebrated, I guess you can say. The concert was one for the books!

Demonstration of Indianness #31 is a short experimental film based on old home movies that the artist's grandfather shot in the 50's. The film is as much a portrait of a struggle and a declaration of identity, as it is a questioning into the history of documentation and anthropology.

Filmmaker: Adam Garnet Jones

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A video diary, chapter three. I learn about the forest in a sami way and I thinking about the sami nature creatures from the old mythology and at the same time I'm learning new words in sami.

That I play guitar

A trip to Pucalpa in the Peruvian Amazon

Year of Production: 2009

Distributor Information:

www.artcirq.org

Country: Canada

Region: Nunavut

http://www.newtfn.com/thewholetruth.html

“The Ultimate Hypocrisy”
Indigenous Poverty: The True Story!.
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'Meskanahk' is a video narrative of a young 'half-breed' man's journey off a Cree reserve. This video highlights the motivations that progressed his journey and the questions, regrets and fears raised on his path from childhood to adulthood.… Uqalimakkanirit

This B-movie inspired flick stars Valerie Buhagiar ('Roadkill', 'Highway 61') in a tongue-in-cheek look at the influence media has on public opinion.

Filmmaker: Gail Maurice

Year of Production: 2004

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