The Knowing

Canada
|
2024
|
88 mins
Australian Premiere
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Co-directors Talaga and Kanien’kehá:ka filmmaker Courtney Montour (Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again) use archival footage and intimate interviews to piece together the unknown story of Talaga’s family member, Annie Carpenter. In the first two parts of the four-episode docuseries, they skillfully illustrate how hard it is for Indigenous families to get answers from authorities, especially about those who have entered the residential school or Indian hospital systems. Armed with a collection of historical documents, Talaga meets previously unknown relatives, discovers her new homelands, and deepens her knowledge about her family’s history. Journeying from the fly-in Northern Ontario community of Peetabeck (Fort Albany First Nation) to Toronto and beyond, The Knowing weaves together residential school history, the Canada-wide recognition of unmarked graves — beginning with Kamloops — and the personal history of Talaga’s family.

Directors
Tanya Talaga (Anishinaabe)Courtney Montour (Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk))
Writers
Tanya Talaga (Anishinaabe)Courtney Montour (Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk))
Producers
Tanya Talaga (Anishanaabe)Stuart CoxeJordan HuffmanGeoff SiskindKristen Scollie
Languages
EnglishCreeEnglish Subtitles
Classification
Unclassified - Restricted to persons 15 and over unless accompanied by an adult.

Preview short film

pî-kiwîk

Canada
|
2023
|
10 mins

A disconnected mixed Cree youth returns to their homelands.

Director
Keisha Erwin (2S nihithaw (Woods Cree))