Art For Lunch Film Screening: “Hands of History”

Join us at the Douglas Family Art Centre over your lunch hour to screen the film Hands of History. The screening will take place in the studio.  Feel free to bring your lunch.

Admission is free. Donations appreciated.

FILM SYNOPSIS: Hands of History

A film directed by Loretta Todd. 1994. 51 minutes.

In this acclaimed 1994 documentary, Loretta Todd, a leading figure in Indigenous cinema in Canada, profiles four contemporary female artists—Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert—who seek to find a continuum from traditional to contemporary forms of expression. Each artist reveals her practice and journey in her own words. The film is a moving testimony to the vital role Indigenous women play in nurturing Indigenous cultures.

Films provided courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada. To watch other engaging NFB content, go to nfb.ca