The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers is pleased to announce a special co-presentation with Calgary’s own Indigeneity Artist Collective and Edmonton’s Dreamspeakers Film Festival. We will present a selection of Aboriginal films from Dreamspeaker’s carefully chosen program in Calgary starting June 1 and running nightly until June 4.

Wednesday June 1 @ 7pm - “Down the Mighty River” - the story of the relationship of displaced Cree with the Hydro Dam development that unsettled them. (CSIF Sofa Cinema – J2, 2711 Battleford Ave. SW – Currie Barracks) - Rated PG

Thursday June 2 @ 7pm - “Qimmit” – an overview of the changes experienced by the Inuit from 1950-1970 with their loss of sled dogs and semi-nomadic lifestyle. A controversial issue at the time, many Inuit still believe that their dogs were deliberately killed by the RCMP as part of government policy to force them off the land. (CSIF Sofa Cinema – J2, 2711 Battleford Ave. SW – Currie Barracks) - Rated PG Disturbing Content

Friday June 3 @ 7pm – Local Aboriginal Short Films – a selection of live-action and animated short films by local artists. Lineup TBA. (The Plaza Theatre – 1133 Kensington Rd. NW) - Rating TBA

Saturday June 4 @ 7pm – “Boy” – It is 1984, and Michael Jackson is king-even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy’s father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version-an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before. This is where the goat enters. (The Plaza Theatre – 1133 Kensington Rd. NW) - Rated 14A Coarse Language, Substance Abuse

Tickets: $8 Members, Students, Seniors; $10 General Admission
Available at the door.

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