Selected Film
In September 2019, Nibinamik First Nation Elders Tommy Yellowhead and Stephen Neshinapaise, both born at PinnaeMootang, were accompanied by a small group of youth and a Shebafilms crew as they travelled an historic canoe route to their birthplace. They paddled southward from Nibinamik First Nation to their old village site, with the journey and experiences captured for the film ‘Journey to Our Homelands.’ Elders Tommy Yellowhead and Stephen Neshinapaise hope to inspire all Matawa First Nations to ‘think beyond the Indian Act’ and start reconnecting with each other through their lakes, rivers and trails, as they have done for millennia. The film hopes to encourage other Matawa members to connect socially with each other through their waterways and trails in order to demonstrate the current and traditional land usage for all Matawa communities and First Nation members.
Duration: 00:24:00
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: English, Other
Director(s): Adrien Harpelle
Writer(s):
Producer(s): Tommy Yellowhead
Key Cast:
Other Credits: Editor : Derek Okeese; Music Composition: Derek Okeese, Adrien Harpelle; Camera: Kelly Saxberg