Youth Video Projects from Nova Scotia & Saskatchewan, Millbrook Culture & Heritage Centre, Millbrook, NS

 

We Call it Wikuom
Annapolis Valley First Nation, NS
11:43 min

Working with dancer Josee Bourgeois and music group Shoulder to Shoulder, youth explore the question “What is Mi’kmaq culture?” through song creation, traditional and hiphop dance, improvisation and drama.

Hand Marks
East Preston, NS
11 min

In the summer before Barack Obama was elected president, youth in East Preston ask what impact his run for the presidency has had on their lives and their feelings about voting. Through music, movement and word, they make their mark.

NAMS MEDIA CLUB
Cumberland House Cree Nation, SK
6 min.

Pierrette Settee shares her experience of creating the NAMS Media Club at the Nisto Awasisak Memorial School, Cumberland House Cree Nation, Saskatchewan.

Day with the Delta
Cumberland House Cree Nation, SK
6 min.

A creative collaboration with students at Nisto Awasisak Memorial School and visiting artists, reveals the quiet and profound presence of living beside the largest inland river delta in North America.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.