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In-person Arts & Culture Community Family

WaaPaKe (Tomorrow)

Monday, Sept. 30, 2024
11:00am to 1:30pm

Garneau Theatre

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Organized by: Metro Cinema

Sept.
30

Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin’s deeply personal documentary WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) asks the difficult question: “Who are we without our pain?”

For generations, the suffering of residential school Survivors has radiated outward, impacting Indigenous families and communities. Children, parents and grandparents have contended with the unspoken trauma, manifested in the lingering effects of colonialism: addiction, emotional abuse and broken relationships.

In her efforts to help the children of Survivors, including herself and her family, Koostachin makes the difficult decision to step in front of the camera and participate in the circle of truth. She is joined in this courageous act of solidarity by members of her immediate family, as well as an array of voices from Indigenous communities across Turtle Island. Moving beyond burying intergenerational trauma, WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) is an invitation to unravel the tangled threads of silence and unite in collective freedom and power.

Doors & Pipe Ceremony at 11AM

Film at 12PM

Q&A following the screening

Garneau Theatre

8712 109 Street NW
Edmonton, AB, T6G 1E9