Loretta Todd (3)
Loretta Todd
Réalisatrice et artiste d’ascendance crie/métisse et européenne, Loretta Todd a été l’une des premières femmes autochtones en études cinématographiques à l’Université Simon Fraser, à Vancouver. Usant d’une approche distinctive, elle a tourné des documentaires primés comme The Learning Path (1991), Hands of History (1994), Guerriers oubliés (1997)et Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go On (2003). Elle a aussi créé des installations vidéo pour le Musée d’anthropologie, à Vancouver, et pour d’autres musées et galeries. Boursière de la Fondation Rockefeller et ancienne participante au Scriptwriters Lab du Sundance Institute, Loretta Todd a reçu, des festivals imagineNATIVE et Taos Talking Pictures, un prix d’excellence pour l’ensemble de ses réalisations.
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Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go OnLoretta Todd 2003 1 h 9 minIn this feature-length documentary, filmmaker Loretta Sarah Todd takes viewers on a visually lush journey, exploring the significance of land, memory, and knowledge to the Kainai Blood Nation of Southern Alberta. The catalyst for this expressionistic journey is the return of belongings of the Kainai, collected by Europeans during colonial times and kept in distant museums. As the community's elders examine the objects and share stories first-hand, they reveal how the rich threads of Kainai life thrive from one generation to the next. -
Hands of HistoryLoretta Todd 1994 51 minIn this acclaimed 1994 documentary, Loretta Todd, a leading figure in Indigenous cinema in Canada, profiles four contemporary female artists—Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert—who seek to find a continuum from traditional to contemporary forms of expression. Each artist reveals her practice and journey in her own words. The film is a moving testimony to the vital role Indigenous women play in nurturing Indigenous cultures.
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Forgotten WarriorsLoretta Todd 1997 51 minThis documentary introduces us to thousands of Indigenous Canadians who enlisted and fought alongside their countrymen and women during World War II, even though they could not be conscripted. Ironically, while they fought for the freedom of others, they were being denied equality in their own country and returned home to find their land seized. Loretta Todd's poignant film offers forth the testimony of those who were there, and how they managed to heal.
