Catherine Van Der Donckt Archives - Le Cinéma sous les étoiles de Funambules Médias

Yintah

, Brenda Michell, Jennifer Wickham, Michael Toledano

YINTAH, meaning “land” in the Wet’suwet’en language, tells the story of an Indigenous nation asserting sovereignty. It is the story of the Wet’suwet’en people reoccupying their territory and resisting the construction of multiple pipelines.

, Colonialism, Economy, Environnement, First nations, Human Rights, Social struggle

Twice Colonized

, Lin Alluna

Aaju Peter embarks on a quest to recover her language and culture, from which she was cut off by colonial assimilation policies. Her personal journey, filmed over seven years, shows how courage, emotion and conviction can combine to have a lasting influence on the course of history.

, Colonialism, First nations, Human Rights, Racism

Malartic

, Nicolas Paquet

Ten years after the opening of the gigantic Malartic open-pit gold mine, the hoped-for economic miracle is a mirage. Main Street is not prospering, with no demographic gain. Director Nicolas Paquet exposes an opaque decision-making system that excludes citizens.

, Economy, Environnement, Work