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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To tell these stories, the NFB works with filmmakers of all ages and backgrounds, from across the country. It harnesses their creativity to produce relevant and groundbreaking content for curious, engaged and diverse audiences. The NFB also collaborates with industry experts to foster innovation in every aspect of storytelling, from formats to distribution models.
Every year, another 50 or so powerful new animated and documentary films are added to the NFB’s extensive collection of more than 14,000 titles, half of which are available to watch for free on nfb.ca.
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