NATIVES

CINEMA 'KSUNS' 03.12 / 14.00

"The nation will keep itself alive as long as there are links with the land on which it lives" says the narrative voice of the 1987 director Andra Slapina in the documentary "Chukotka. The Memorial Bank," which has been left forgotten for almost 30 years in the archived shelter, telling about the disappearing traditions of Chukchi and their forced economic migration. The "Indigenous People" programme is a study of nations who over time, have become strangers in their own country, whether they are Canadian Indians in the film "She Dances for People" (2015), the historical aspect of slavery the "Crying Sea Shell" (2017) or extinct Sikh warrior traditions in India – the fantasy documentary "Immortal" (2017). This post-colonial kaleidoscope allows us to have a look at the phenomenon of indigenous peoples from a modern perspective and strives to promote a wider understanding of the historically colonial outsiderism in places that the residents themselves once called home.
 

CHUKOTKA. THE SHORE OF MEMORIES, Andris Slapiņš, documentary, USSR, Latvia, 1987, 47"

Film is about Nordic nations of USSR, their lifestyle, beliefs, traditions and folklore.

SHE DANCES FOR PEOPLE, Michelle Latimer, experimental, Canada, 2015, 11'20"

A Requiem for Métis and Inuit women that deconstructs the recorded pageantry. Natural world alternate with archival footage of Indigenous women performing traditional roles for an audience.

THE CRYING CONCH, Vincent Toi, fiction, Canada, 2017, 19'51"

Where the paths of two men covering the distance between two continents meet, fits the story of two countries and their people.

IMMORTALS, Erik Morales, Canada, 2017, 7'56"

King Arthur myth and Sikh legend collide in a monochromatic portrait of the Nihang warriors. A personal project shot in Punjab, northern India.

Films will be screened in the original language with Latvian subtitles.

Curator: Laima Graždanoviča