Lisa Jackson | CANADA | 96 min | Captions
Co-presented by Guelph Museums
In partnership with OPIRG
Feature Film Screening: Elder Wilfred Buck overcame a harrowing history by reclaiming ancestral star knowledge. He moves between earth and sky, past and present, bringing to life ancient teachings of Indigenous astronomy and cosmology to tell a story that spans generations, inviting us on an inspiring journey to the space beyond, and to the spaces between us all.
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Lisa Jackson is an Anishinaabe filmmaker whose work has garnered two Canadian Screen Awards, been nominated for a Webby and screened at top festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, Berlinale and Hot Docs. Her VR experience Biidaaban was viewed by more than 25,000 people, while her film Indictment won Best Doc at imagineNATIVE and is one of CBC’s top watched documentaries. She won the 2022 Chicken & Egg Award and the 2021 DOC Vanguard Award, and has an MFA from York University.
