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Atlantic Shorts Program 5
Evan's Drum
An adventurous young boy and his determined mother share a passion for Inuit drum dancing in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
Evan’s Drum
is a joyful visit to a family’s loving home, and an uplifting story of cultural pride.
Director:
Ossie Michelin
Country:
Canada
Province:
NL
Language:
English
Runtime:
14 minutes
Being Black In The Nova Scotian Music Industry
An examination of the struggles Black Artists go through on a daily basis in the Nova Scotian music industry.
Director:
Juliet Mawusi
Country:
Canada
Province:
NS
Language:
English
Runtime:
13 minutes
François Gaudet: An Acadian Artist
François Gaudet's art tells the Acadians' story by depicting the wild horses of Sable Island, the
Grand-Pré historical site, and
addressing the deportation, exile and return of Evangeline.
Director:
Charles Currie
Country:
Canada
Province:
NS
Language:
English
Runtime:
11 minutes
Roots of Gold
Jacky Cortes, an Indigenous Bribri guide, lives and breathes pride in her Indigeneity. The Bribri have persevered through generations of colonial interference - and the young generation is looking to their elders and traditions in order to rescue and preserve their roots. The sacred chocolate ritual embodies a Bribri matriarchal tradition of ceremonial preparation, and a commodity to die for.
Director:
Natalie Clifford
Country:
Canada
Province:
NS
Language:
English
Runtime:
17 minutes
Pituamkek: A Mi'kmaq Heritage Landscape
With painful memories of residential schools still burning, "Pituamkek" - a proposed National Park Reserve for PEI - may become a place of healing for the Mi'kmaw while restoring hope and pride.
Director:
John Hopkins
Country:
Canada
Province:
PE
Language:
English
Runtime:
19 minutes
Rocky and Joan
Burnley "Rocky" Jones and Joan Jones were prominent Black activists during the Civil Rights Movement in Canada, and their impact is still being felt in the African Nova Scotian Community.
Director:
Olesya Shyvikova
Country:
Canada
Province:
NS
Language:
English
Runtime:
27 minutes