Jules Arita Koostachin’s award-winning WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) premieres online. Special programming marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation featured on nfb.ca in September.
PRESS RELEASE
29/08/2024
August 29, 2024 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is featuring powerful and thought-provoking free programming on nfb.ca throughout the month of September to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
In total, nfb.ca now offers more than 6,500 online films and a collection of more than 100 interactive works.
Starting September 30 | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | WaaPaKe (Tomorrow)
Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/waapake
Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin’s deeply personal WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) unravels the tangled threads of silence suffered by residential school Survivors through truth, freedom and power.
This acclaimed film will be featured on the Residential Schools channel on nfb.ca.
Honours to date for WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) include the Best BC Film Award at VIFF and the APTN Award at the Montreal First Peoples Film Festival.
- NFB channels and a Curator’s Perspective
Starting September 1 | Three Indigenous channels and a focus on Duke Redbird
September kicks off with a special spotlight on Indigenous cinema.
With three Indigenous cinema channels:
Plus, a return of the blogpost “Duke Redbird: A Look Back at the Film Career of an Indigenous Living Legend,” profiling the visionary poet, designer and broadcaster, originally from the Saugeen Ojibway First Nation in Ontario.
- More NFB channels featured in September
nfb.ca also offers more great programming throughout the month, including NFB Docs @ TIFF: a rich collection of NFB documentary films that have been screened or honoured at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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French version here | Version française ici.
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Founded in 1939, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a one-of-a-kind producer, co-producer and distributor of distinctive, engaging, relevant and innovative documentary and animated films. As a talent incubator, it is one of the world’s leading creative centres. The NFB has enabled Canadians to tell and hear each other’s stories for over eight decades, and its films are a reliable and accessible educational resource. The NFB is also recognized around the world for its expertise in preservation and conservation, and for its rich and vibrant collection of works, which form a pillar of Canada’s cultural heritage. To date, the NFB has produced more than 14,000 works, 6,500 of which can be streamed free of charge at nfb.ca. The NFB and its productions and co-productions have earned over 7,000 awards, including 11 Oscars and an Honorary Academy Award for overall excellence in cinema.