Film Screening: nîpawistamâsowin - We Will Stand Up
Lethbridge Public Library (Downtown) - Theatre Gallery
Refreshments provided
Closed captioning included.
FREE EVENT
Because seating is limited, this is a (free) ticketed event.
Doors open: 6 pm | Event start: 6:30 pm
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Hosted by Amnesty International Lethbridge Action Circle A97 with help from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). This event is supported by Lethbridge and District Area Council supported by Public Service Alliance of Canada - Prairie Region.
Seating is limited to 180 seats. 100 tickets can be obtained on Eventbrite, with the remainder of tickets reserved for the night of the screening (first come first serve). Obtain your ticket in advance here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-nipawistamasowin-we-will-stand-up-tickets-76790651907?aff=website
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SYNOPSIS
View the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/330841782
On a summer day in 2016, a young Indigenous man named Colten Boushie died from a gunshot to the head after entering Gerald Stanley’s rural property with his friends. The emotionally charged trial and ultimate acquittal of Stanley caused shock and outrage across Canada, shattering the shaky confidence that Colten’s family had placed in the justice system.
Award-winning filmmaker Tasha Hubbard follows the trial and its aftermath, revealing questions about bias that became apparent following the RCMP investigation and jury-selection process. Hubbard traces the long history of violence against Indigenous people, and their erasure from the systems of law and power, to the present day, exposing the need for systemic changes.
Emerging from the tragedy are the powerful and resilient voices of Colten’s family and community, who stand up for a better future for the next generations. Taking strength in the memory of their beloved son, brother and cousin, the family embarks on a search for justice that brings them to the country’s highest echelons of power, and ultimately to the United Nations, where they challenge Canada’s justice system in front of the international community.
Hubbard, whose previous films with the National Film Board of Canada have delved into forced Indigenous family separations during the Sixties Scoop (Birth of a Family) and the alleged involvement of Saskatoon police in the infamous freezing deaths of Indigenous men (Two Worlds Colliding), steps in front of the camera for the first time in a desire to highlight the personal toll the case has taken on the lives of Indigenous people. nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up weaves a profound narrative encompassing the filmmaker’s own adoption, the stark history of colonialism on the Prairies, and a vision of a future where Indigenous children can live safely on their homelands.
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SELECTIONS AND AWARDS
Best Canadian FeatureHot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Toronto, Canada (2019)
Colin Low Award for Canadian DocumentaryDOXA Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada (2019)
Official SelectionFIN Atlantic International Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia (2019)
This screening is made possible by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB): https://www.nfb.ca/film/nipawistamasowin-we-will-stand-up/
For more information, visit http://bit.ly/aifilmsep19