FIRST LIGHT
by Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-Cudlip| MA | 13 min
Documents the US Government’s practices of taking Native American children away from their tribes and tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in truth-telling and healing for Wabanaki people and child welfare workers in Maine.
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DEAR GEORGINA
by Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-Cudlip| MA | 15 mins
A Passamaquoddy elder tries to sharpen the blurry outlines of her identity
DOLLS DON’T DIE (LES POUPEES NE MEURENT PAS)
by Julie Prieur | QC | 10 min
5-year old Mia hasn’t seen her big sister in a long time. Her mom said she’ll be back home when she’ll eat again. So between dreams and memories, Mia starts to cook, to bring her back.
CAROL STREET
by Demetrius Borge | VT | 15 min
“Being of mixed races, I have always enjoyed many of the privileges of being Black, but faced none of its consequences. I became inspired to better understand the Black experience at Middlebury College not by internalizing the experience, but by opening myself up to those already in this space” ~ D Borge.
THE EPITAPH OF MARWA STEIN
by Rachel Friedman | VT | 7 mi
A woman’s life, as told after her death.