Name: Canada's Keepers | Film Screening
Start: 2022-03-12T16:00:00Z
End: 2022-03-12T18:00:00Z
Location: Bermondsey Project Space

Canada's Keepers | Film Screening

Art Forward

Art Forward Presents Canadas Keepers, a film about Canada's dark past told by the country's First Women.

Bermondsey Project Space

Join us for a special screening of Canada&#x27;s Keepers&#x27; brought to you by London-based multi-media production house Art Forward. The screening will be followed by a Q&amp;A with the creative team. Canada&#x27;s Keepers&#x27; - winner of a Royal Television Society Student award - is a story told by the country&#x27;s first women, emanating the truth about the country&#x27;s dark colonial past. Truthful and raw, nine First Nations women tell their stories of racism, sexual abuse, intergenerational trauma, resilience, community and more in this emotional film.Directed by Mia Frank, Produced by Monica JamalEditing by Seila LalouiCamera by Minori IwahashiSound by Karyan Au-YeungMusic by Rory KnoxStarring: Kyra Harris, Zephiria Joseph, Robyn Lawson, Cynthia Taha, Chrystal Sparrow, Folisha Stevens, Rose Timbrell, Colleen White, Laurie Wilson.Doors : 4pmFilm: 4.15 - 4.35pmBreak : 4.35 - 4.45Q&amp;A / Talk: 4.45 - 5.45Event Finishes 6pm

Monica and Mia (25) met whilst studying Film, Photography and Media at the University of Leeds. Both have created a cinematic style focusing on the decolonising of not just the outer world but of oneself. Monica is a writer, artist and filmmaker of a Sudanese and Iraqi background. Her goal is to continue to make radical content that challenges or disrupts antiquated oppressive systems through the infinite mediums of art. Currently concentrating on her writing, Monica hopes to publish works on the experience of grief, mental health, queerness, intersectionality, radical love and liberation.Coming from a South Asian / Jewish background, Mia describes her visual style as cinematic, intimate and feminine. Her narrative style focuses on diverse stories, with an aim to uplift minorities and create social justice. about the production team: Seila is an experienced creative video editor, her interests in gaming shape her unique personal style when it comes to her work. Currently working at a creative agency that focuses on putting children’s voices first, she believes in standing up for those who do not have a platform, and working with others to spread acceptance within the industry.Karyan is a current MA student, with over 4 years of audio experience in podcast production, live radio and broadcast journalism. She is currently working as a Development and Production Assistant, interested in collaborating with diverse creatives to showcase POC and untold narratives to improve minority representation in the media.Minori was born in Japan and raised in Germany. She is a content creator specialising in fashion, photography, and social media. Her work reflects various aesthetics from the West as well as the East, influenced by her multicultural upbringing and eye for all things creativeAccessability: The Film will be shown in the viewing room at Bermondsey Project Space which is accessed by a flight of 12 steps

This event is Presented by Art Forward Art Forward is a London-based multi-media production house, founded by Nathalie Chace and Yamam Nabeel, with the aim of using our diverse artistic heritage to create projects that transcends our cultural, religious, and geographical differences. <a href="https://www.artforward.media/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.artforward.media</a>

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