Winnipeg Art Gallery Celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day with New Films

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The Winnipeg Art Gallery is celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day by hosting the world premiere of The Lake Winnipeg Project, a new series by filmmaker Kevin Settee.

"These films are a culmination of community work and collaboration from start to finish over the past four years, and I’m so thankful we were all able to make these together,” says Settee.

The films will screen online for free on June 21 at 6 p.m. CST. Add the link to your calendar on Eventive. 

The four-part documentary series, which includes the short films Matheson Island, Poplar River, Camp Morningstar and Fisher River, explores life and culture around Lake Winnipeg.

The 55-minute online screening will be followed by a 30-minute virtual panel with Settee and community members Kailey Arthurson (Fisher River); Lisa Raven (Camp Morningstar); and Chelsea Whiteway (Matheson Island). It will be moderated by Jaimie Isaac, the museum's curator of Indigenous and contemporary art. 

Produced by the National Film Board, the films take a community-based approach to storytelling. The Indigenous-led project explores deep connections to the land and water at a time when external forces are imposing change.  

The screening is part of the lead-up to the gallery's upcoming inaugural Indigenous triennial, Naadohbii: To Draw Water, scheduled to open in July. It brings together contemporary art from Turtle Island, New Zealand and Australia, including commissioned works. It will illustrate the solidarity between Indigenous nations around environmental, political and human rights issues, as well as relationships to water.   

After the premiere, The Lake Winnipeg Project  will be available to view at  NFB.ca. 

Source: Winnipeg Art Gallery