Retake - Making the World's First Haida-Language Feature Film Trailer
Helen Haig-Brown is a Tsilhqot'in filmmaker working primarily with indigenous and First Nations themes. Many of these derive from her maternal roots in the Tsilhqot'in First Nation.
Total trailers found: 10
04 September 2018
Retake follows the journey of co-directors Gwaai Edenshaw (Haida) and Helen Haig-Brown (Tsilhqot'in) as they work to produce The Edge of the Knife, a feature-length film told entirely in the critically-endangered Haida language.
31 December 2007
In this short documentary, a Musqueam elder rediscovers his Native language and traditions in the city of Vancouver, in the vicinity of which the Musqueam people have lived for thousands of years.
06 February 2014
My Legacy follows Helen as she explores the often tenuous relationship between a mother and daughter made more complex by the legacy of residential school.
21 October 2005
In a disorienting haze of grief and guilt, a sister tries desperately to come to terms with losing her brother in a tragic car accident.
09 June 2010
The filmmaker traces the loss of her ancestral language over three generations of her family, and her own desire to recover it.
22 October 2009
This short impressionist documentary looks at the creation of a Button Blanket by integrating the performance of a traditional dance with the art of the West Coast Heiltsuk Nation.
01 February 2008
Kamala Todd's short film is a lyrical portrait of Cease Wyss, of the Squamish Nation. Wyss is a woman who understands the remarkable healing powers of the plants growing all over downtown Vancouver.
14 October 2009
A hunter on horseback accidentally discovers a portal to another world in this fantastical true Tsilhqot'in story.
07 September 2018
Island of Haida Gwaii, northern Canada, 19th century. During a fishing gathering, Adiits'ii commits an unfortunate act.
20 October 2007
Deconstructing and reconstructing Cree narrative, this film experiments with language to create a linguistic soundscape.
