Click here to watch the hour-long Planetary Health Film Lab Micro Film Festival featuring Canadian Indigenous Youth
This one-hour event showcased four short films made by Indigenous youth who participated in this year’s edition of The Planetary Health Film Lab, hosted by the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. Each film runs between three and seven minutes in length and profiles Indigenous perspectives, impacts, and solutions to planetary health issues in their communities. This event, hosted by the project coordinator and instructor, Dr. Mark Terry, took place remotely via Zoom, September 13th, 2021. All four films were screened consecutively with a question period with the filmmakers following the screenings.
Indigenous Filmmakers participating in the 2021 Planetary Health Film Lab:
Serra Black from Yellowknife, North West Territories – Age 25 – ‘The Price of Gold’ (7:00 min.)
Emily McCallum, from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, & Barrie, ON – Age 18 – ‘Will There Be Another Rainy Day?’ (3:05 min.)
Christopher Akiwenzie from Neyaashiinigmiing, Ontario – Age 25 – ‘Adikameg and Ice’ (4:10 min.)
Jessie Yakeleya from Tulita, North West Territories – Age 27 – ‘In the Future, That’s What’s Going to Happen, I Think’ (3:34 min.)
