Two years after her TIFF breakout in Tracey Deer’s Beans, Kiawentiio gives an equally remarkable performance in Asia Youngman’s energetic youth drama as an Indigenous teen facing both peer pressure and deeper secrets in smalltown BC.
Every summer, the community of Xeni Gwet’in travels 200 km by horse and wagon from their home in Nemiah Valley to the famous Williams Lake stampede to honour a 94-year tradition of inclusion, trade and relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
In this documentary by Asia Youngman, Indigenous artists throughout Canada strive to reclaim their cultures and identities through a reawakening of tattoo practices, both traditional and contemporary.
