Event

The Embargo Collective

Co-Presented by Longhouse Media

(Various directors, 2009, Beta-SP, 62 min) Join us for a collection of seven short films by indigenous filmmakers, developed from a two-year collaboration challenge by the imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival in Toronto. Inspired by filmmaker Lars Von Trier's documentary The Five Obstructionsin which Von Trier dared his mentor to remake his own 1967 film five times with a different set of rules imposed each timeimagineNATIVE has been facilitating the Embargo Collective, encouraging these artists to push their creative boundaries by asking them to construct a set of limitations for one another. While the initial goal was to demonstrate how essential the collaborative process is to film, a far more profound and intimate result materialized over 20 months: As the filmmakers shared their experiences, inspired one another and created work together, a collective spirit was born. Come see the fruits of that collaboration, a true testament to what film can be when artists come together to create.

Program includes:
?E?anx (The Cave) - Helen Haig-Brown
Tsi tkahéhtayen (The Garden) - Zoe Leigh Hopkins
Savage - Lisa Jackson
The White Tiger - Taika Waititi
Cvpanuce Tucenat (Three Little Boys) - Sterlin Harjo
First Contact - Rima Tamou
b. Dreams - Blackhorse Lowe