Event

Join us for another season of the Capilano Universe Lecture series!

For the longest time, movies cast Indigenous People as racist stereotypes and exotic set-dressing. The endless stream of white saviours and cultural appropriation lead to calls for "Nothing about us without us" from the Indigenous community, and we're now seeing Indigenous filmmakers rise to the top with Māori filmmaker/Trickster Taika Waititi winning an Oscar for Jojo Rabbit, Blackfoot/Sami filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers winning two Canadian Screen Awards for The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open, and CapU filmmaking grad Jessie Anthony (Haudenosaunee) winning the best BC Emerging Filmmaker Award at 2019 VIFF. How did we get from being portrayed as “savages” to award-winning Indigenous storytelling? Who were the movers and shakers who paved the way? Grab your popcorn to join David Geary and a special guest for the Rise and Rise of Indigenous cinema.

David Geary (Taranaki Māori iwi) is an acclaimed scriptwriter for film, TV, and theatre in Canada and his homeland of New Zealand. He teaches screenwriting, communications, and playwriting in the prestigious Indigenous Digital Filmmaking program at CapU. He's also an award-winning fiction writer, actor, and poet.

This meeting will be held on Zoom. What you’ll need to attend: a computer with microphone (or headphones) and webcam, or your smartphone/tablet.