This Canadian short falls into the “angry Indigenous genre” of documentaries. The treatment of Canadian Indigenous nations justifies the anger which is so intense in this short documentary with the distressed Kayah George, a young Indigenous woman that wants to burn “this fucking city down”. Could that be Vancouver?
George, often with skateboard in hand, takes us on a journey communing with her grandmother the water so fundamentally important to her nation but being degraded by the bad guy colonizers and fouling not only the water but Indigenous culture that believes in a human connectivity with nature living in harmony with it and not dominating and eventually destroying it.
Although the cinematography and references to the power and spirit of the water are at times ingenuous and vitally important to understand, the incessant anger of Indigenous people must be understood even if at times it becomes oppressive and choked by negativity. Surely there is a danger this currency of negativity will be devalued. Somewhat of a shame this may happen but constant repetition risks deafening ears and creating a movement towards media productions celebrating positive contributions and a celebration of a rich culture of Indigenous peoples such as APTN’s “The Rez”. What is the maxim “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”? At what time do we move on from the past?
Screens as a short in The Gender Equity in Media Festival in person in Vancouver 5-9March2024 and virtually 12-26March2024.
At times seems somewhat like a music video?
RKS 2024 Film Rating 73/100.
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