ZOOM TALKBACK EVENT
Co-presented by Hot Docs
Free With Pass

Join Styawat/Leigh Joseph, a Sḵwxw̱ú7mesh Nation ethnobotanist, film subject, and co-director, and Trevor Bennett, fellow co-director, to discuss the making of Walking with Plants and the connections between cultural identity and the role of plants as teachers.

Speakers:

Leigh Joseph

Leigh Joseph (ancestral name Styawat) is a Skwxwú7mesh Nation ethnobotanist and entrepreneur contributing to cultural knowledge renewal of Indigenous plant foods and medicines. Ethnobotany is the study of relationships between people and plants. Through teaching workshops, university courses, and land-based learning opportunities, Leigh aims to expand the renewal of ethnobotanical knowledge and the healing that comes from this connection to place through ancestral ways of knowing. 
https://leighjoseph.com

Trevor Dixon Bennett

Trevor Dixon Bennett is a filmmaker based in Victoria, BC, Canada. Bennett specializes in documenting and communicating the intersection of culture and the environment. Holding a Masters degree in environmental studies specializing in Ethnoecology, Bennett started Kingtide Films in 2015. https://kingtidefilms.ca