Video Portfolio
Latest Film
Carrie Davis was part of the child removal system near the end of the Sixties Scoop. Carrie reconnects to their land, language, and culture with guidance from her uncle Emmett Sack and the community.
This film was made with an Indigenous first audience in mind. While non-Indigenous folks are invited to watch, history and themes are not explicitly laid out for those without prior knowledge. Double M Country is available for screening with a Q&A to address this gap. Please get in touch with me for pricing.
MFA Portfolio Piece
Returning Home was my proposal for the Master of Fine Art in Documentary Media program at Toronto Metropolitan University. I had been working on the idea of documenting my return to my reserve for a year on the recommendation of Dr Collette Jones, who is a mentor and mother to me. Collette put me in touch with Dr Sarah Wright Cardinal, whose Ph.D. dissertation was about Sixties Scoop transracial adoptees who reconnected to their homelands. Cardinal's research recommended that youth who were displaced during this event return to their land, language, and culture. The completed film, Double M Country, is a direct result of that advisement.
Branded Videography
Following Vancouver Island University's brand standards, I worked closely with the Office of Indigenous Education and Engagement to produce videos that highlighted Indigenous programs around campus.
Exposé Piece
In 2018, I visited Whitehorse, Yukon, where I grew up as a Ward of the Crown. The Youth Advocate, Annette King, was investigating allegations from a whistleblower who claimed abuses were happening to youth in care. Annette asked if I wanted to tell my story and collaborated on an opportunity to produce a film on one of the topics which were close to me: ageing out of care. With the help of the Shakat Journal, we produced this film that amplifies the voices of youth and elders and accounts from a group home worker, First Nation chief, and an RCMP retiree.