The Film House and Brock University’s Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies and Department of Sociology are proud to announce Dibaajimo / Tells a Story, a new curated film series to coincide with a new Indigenous Film Course (WGST 3P79) taught by Assistant Professor Dr. Lyn Trudeau. To expand the potential reach and impact of her course, Dr. Trudeau has teamed up with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre’s programming team to curate a selection of titles covered in the course.
Dr. Lyn Trudeau is from Sagamok Anishinawbek First Nation, Eagle Clan. She is cross-appointed with Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology and affiliated with the Social Justice and Equity Program in which her work embodies a decolonial lens. This includes previous work/research with Elders, Indigenous youth, Indigenous teacher candidates, and residential schools. She feels it is important to honour her cultural background; therefore, embeds Indigenous knowledge and ways of being in her classrooms and research endeavours.
Abducted (2021) is the second film in the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story film series. Written and directed by Daniel Foreman, a registered member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, Abducted tells the story of how an inner-city teenage boy’s life turned upside-down when his drug-running sister goes missing. Lakota’s (Olivia Kate Iatridis) sudden disappearance leaves Derrick (Joel Oulette) to piece together the clues of her abduction. Derrick experiences visions which he struggles to understand but which help him on his quest to find her. As he gets close to finding his sister, Derrick ends up in the fight of his life.
Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 3:00pm
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON
This event has reserved setting. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for Film House members. Visit the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story Film Series page at the Performing Arts Centre website to purchase a ticket and for details on all films in the series. Click here to read, download, or share the Press Release for this event.
Presented by The Film House and Brock University’s Centre for Women and Gender Studies and Department of Sociology.
Learn more about the films in the series below:
Sunday, January 19, 2025, at 3:00pm: Reel Injun (2009)
In this feature-length documentary, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the portrayal of North American Indigenous people throughout a century of cinema. Featuring hundreds of clips from old classics as well as recent releases, the film traces the evolution of the “Hollywood Indian.”
Trailer | Tickets
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON
Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 3:00pm: Abducted (2021)
A teenage boy’s drug-running sister vanishes. He has visions aiding him in unraveling her abduction. His search puts him in grave danger as he nears finding her.
Trailer | Tickets
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON
Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 3:00pm: SGaawaay K’uuna / Edge of the Knife (2018)
A tragic accident causes an anguished man to retreat deep into the forest where he is transformed into a “wild man.”
Trailer | Tickets
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON
Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 3:00pm: Boy (2010)
Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
Trailer | Tickets
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON