Gibsons – Monday, September 22, 7:30 pm
Sechelt – Thursday, September 25, 2:00 pm
Canada 2024, 88 min, Documentary
Director: Neil Diamond, Joanne Robertson
A fascinating film documenting the search for Indigenous Northwest artifacts that were taken from their places of origin by trade, sale, and theft. Some items travelled long journeys, ending up in New York antique stores or in the studios and homes of European Surrealists, such as Max Ernst and others, whose works distinctly reveal the influence of these masks.
Cree director Neil Diamond, accompanied by a team of interested parties including cultural preservation workers and art experts, embarks on an investigative journey that illuminates the efforts to repatriate Indigenous art. The film is as engaging as a detective story and is enhanced by vivid imagery and interviews with the compassionate searchers working to reclaim their history and culture.