The 60-minute film traces photographer Monique Verdin's quest to find a place in her Native American community as it reels from decades of environmental degradation. It's a look at the complex and uneven relationship between the oil industry and the indigenous community of the Mississippi Delta.
"We had more sold-out screenings at our festival than ever in its history," said a beaming Jason Ryle, Executive Director of imagineNATIVE. "The attendance to not only the films, but all our events this year, were phenomenal. There is nothing more fulfilling than bringing the many talented and creative Indigenous artists from Canada and around the world right here to our Festival for everyone to see, and from the looks of our growing audience, they like it too."
Following is the complete list of awards:
Shaw Media Mentorship Program
Jules Koostachin
NFB/imagineNATIVE Digital Media Partnership
In the Similkameen
Tyler Hagan
Drama Pitch Prize
This is Skye
Eva Thomas and Roxanne Dodge
Documentary Pitch Prize
Pull Out Your Guns
Sarah DeCarlo
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Sides
Director, Mosha Folger
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Her Silent Life
Director, Lindsay McIntyre
BEST CANADIAN SHORT DRAMA
A Red Girl’s Reasoning
Director, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
BEST SHORT DRAMA
Throat Song
Producer, Stacey Aglok MacDonald
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY – HONOURABLE MENTION
Language of Love
Director, Marie Clements
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Songline to Happiness
Director, Danny Teece-Johnson
BEST RADIO
Trailbreakers: Cindy Blackstock
Producer, Angela Sterritt
BEST NEW MEDIA
Sense of Home
Artist: Leena Minifie
THE CYNTHIA LICKERS-SAGE AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT
Scar
Director, Tiffany Parker
BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE PRODUCTION AWARD
Throat Song
Producer, Stacey Aglok MacDonald
THE ELLEN MONAGUE AWARD FOR BEST YOUTH WORK
Le Joie De Vivre
Director, Jérémy Vassiliou
BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE
Charlie Zone
Producer, Hank White
THE ALANIS OBOMSAWIN BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD -
HONOURABLE MENTION
Young Lakota
Executive Producer, Heather Rae
THE ALANIS OBOMSAWIN BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD
My Louisiana Love
Producer: Monique Verdin
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