Victoria Anderson-Gardner | CANADA
12 min | Short
In partnership with Guelph Museums
More than a year has passed since meeting at the Oceti Sakowin camp during the NoDAPL resistance movement at Standing Rock, when five Indigenous Water Protectors reunite in Toronto, Ontario to share in how the “spirit of the camp” created a family from shared passion and action. Brought together by a calling to protect and defend their first family—the land and water—the experience at Standing Rock has moved them to further elevate their voices in solidarity with the global Indigenous community, ultimately transforming their lives forever.
VICTORIA ANDERSON-GARDNER—Director Victoria Anderson-Gardner is a queer Indigenous filmmaker and activist. They come from the Ojibway lands of Eagle Lake First Nation and currently based out of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The most recent projects they have worked on include: An Inconvenient Indian directed by Michelle Latimer; they co-directed “Inviolable” (segment) for In Search of a Perfect World directed by Manfred Becker and hosted by Peter Mansbridge, along with numerous other independent films that are in post-production.