Tasha Hubbard | CANADA

98 min | Partial Subtitles

On a summer day in 2016, a young Indigenous man named Colten Boushie died from a gunshot to the head after entering Gerald Stanley’s rural property with his friends. The emotionally charged trial and acquittal of Stanley caused shock and outrage across Canada, capturing international attention and raising questions about prejudice within the judicial system, and anti-Indigenous racism in the nation.

Award-winning filmmaker Tasha Hubbard follows the journey of Colten’s family as they search for justice, taking their fight to the highest echelons of power and, ultimately, to the United Nations. Hubbard deftly illustrates how the long history of violence against Indigenous people continues to define life in parts of Canada, and the impact of systems that have been the instruments of colonial domination for centuries. At once urgent and intimate, nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up is a profound portrait of a family standing up for a more just and fair society, offering a vision of a future where Indigenous children can live safely on their homelands.

Time: 7:30pm

Venue: Boarding House Gallery

Tickets: $15/PWYC

Event: Community discussion between moderator/speaker Amy Smoke (Mohawk Nation, Turtle Clan, from the Six Nations of the Grand River, Two-Spirit mother, public speaker, singer, and active community member with a Master of Social Work-Indigenous Field) and speaker Anna Johnson (PhD Candidate in the department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph, whose research focuses on Specialized Indigenous Courts in Canada and Australia).