First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

TIFF Cinematheque - Retrospective

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This sidebar to the First Peoples Cinema series offers a critical perspective on some of the most famous cinematic depictions of First Peoples by non-Native directors.

Films in First Peoples: Reclaimed Visions

    • The Exiles / Seal Hunting with Dad introduced by Steven Loft

    • The co-curator of TIFF's Home on Native Land exhibition introduces Kent MacKenzie's rediscovered masterpiece.

      Due to unforeseen circumstances, Steven Loft will no longer be introducing the screening of The Exiles/Seal Hunting with Dad on Friday July 6th at 2:00pm. He will be now introducing the second screening of the films on Tuesday July 10th at 9:15pm. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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    • Walkabout / Taua

    • Lost in the Outback, a teenage girl and her small brother are rescued by a young Aborigine in Nicolas Roeg's hypnotic, visually dazzling allegory.

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    • Utu / The Indian Raid

    • A Maori soldier swears vengeance on his colonial masters in this bloody historical drama.

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    • Black Robe / Sacred Spaces

    • Academy Award winner Bruce Beresford directed this rugged, vividly detailed historical epic set in the wilderness of 17th-century Quebec.

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    • Dead Man
    • Jim Jarmusch

    • A timid accountant (Johnny Depp) is escorted through the weird and wild West by a mysterious Native named Nobody (Gary Farmer) in Jim Jarmusch's offbeat, mystical revisionist western.

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As a complement to the main programme's focus on contemporary films by First Peoples filmmakers, this sidebar series offers a critical perspective on some of the most famous cinematic depictions of First Peoples by non-Native directors. Select screenings will be introduced by TIFF Head of Film Programmes and First Peoples Cinema programmer Jesse Wente, who then invites leading artists, critics and scholars from the First Peoples community to the stage for post-screening discussions.