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National Indigenous Peoples Day Screening: Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are Métis

In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day Remai Modern presents a screening of the documentary Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are Métis. This screening is free and open to the public and will open with the short films “Hunger Moon” and “Plaansh a Roo”.

Saturday, June 21, 1 PM
Film: Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are Métis
Director: Gregory Coyes and Madeline Ell
Year: 2023
Runtime: 60 minutes
Country: Canada
Rating: N/R

The Métis are often referred to as Canada’s “invisible people” – the “ghosts of the land” – whose stories haunt the country’s collective unconscious.  Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are Métis is a one-hour documentary that addresses this invisibility by shining a new light on the historical and contemporary experience of Métis people in Canada and providing a space for Métis people to share their diverse perspectives on what it means to be Métis today.

Short Films Hunger Moon & Plaansh a Roo

Film: Hunger Moon
Director: J. T. Smith
Year: 2024
Runtime: 9 minutes
Country: Canada
Rating: N/R

Amidst a never ending winter, a secluded young woman battles grief and consumerism in an attempt to keep her marriage alive.

Film: Plaansh a Roo
Director: Andrew Konoff
Year: 2023
Runtime: 10 minutes
Country: Canada
Rating: N/R

Jonny’s a Métis kid with big hopes for the summer – right until he breaks his skateboard. So he tries to busk with his grandpa’s fiddle to buy a new one, but his mom stands in his way. He starts to wonder: is a skateboard what he wants?