Metis filmmaker and songwriter Shane Belcourt examines the lessons from the 1960-1980 Metis Rights movement.
Audio Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Starring:Shane Belcourt
Season 1
S01:E01 - Our Mother's Voice
Métis/Cree songwriter Cheryl L'Hirondelle and Potowatami author Robin Wall Kimmerer consider the power of reciprocity.
S01:E02 - Diamond in the Snow
Oneida songwriter Lacey Hill considers the challenges of the Snow Snake competitions set against global warming.
S01:E03 - Little Star
Cree/Métis songwriter Iskwe and Gitxsan professor/activist Dr. Cindy Blackstock consider threats to Indigenous children.
S01:E04 - Two-Spirit Identities
Mohawk songwriter Shawnee and Ojibwe-Cree Elder Ma-Nee Chacaby consider the history and roll of two-spirit people.
S01:E05 - Spring Breakup
Anishinaabe composer Melody McKiver finds inspiration in the power of water transformation in Sioux Lookout.
S01:E06 - The Fire
Oji-Cree songwriter Nick Sherman reflects on the challenges of living in a town steeped in anti-Indigenous racism.
S01:E07 - Enfolding
Cree songwriter Tara Williamson reflects on the heartache of losing her infant son as she creates a song in his honour.
S01:E08 - Broken Justice
Anishinaabe songwriter Leonard Sumner reflects on the unjust verdicts in Colton Boushie and Tina Fontaine cases.
S01:E09 - Becoming a Man of the Earth
Cree songwriter Jason Burnstick examines the struggles of reconciling childhood trauma after the birth of his own son.
S01:E10 - The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Anishinaabe songwriter Ansley Simpson reflects on her personal connection to "Firewater" by author Harold Johnson.
S01:E11 - Skaru: Re & Song
Tuscarora songwriter Jennifer Kriesberg examines the migration her Nation took after the Tuscarora War of 1710.
S01:E12 - Our Dream
After reading Cherie Dimaline's award-winning book The Marrow Thieves, Cree songwriter Christa Couture sets out to create a new song.
S01:E13 - Our Endless Resistance
Metis filmmaker and songwriter Shane Belcourt examines the lessons from the 1960-1980 Metis Rights movement.
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