REPÈRES ET MÉMOIRES DU TERRITOIRE : COURTS-MÉTRAGES AUTOCHTONES
Genre
Short
Language
FR
Duration
91
Rating
About
Friday, June 19, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.
Free event. No reservations required. First come, first served.
In French.
As part of the exhibition Rising Suns: Art from the Confederacies of the Great Lakes and Rivers, and to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is presenting a selection of art films highlighting the life stories, talents and history of the Indigenous nations and confederacies from the Great Lakes and Rivers.
Curated and presented by: Léuli Eshraghi (Tagata Samoa), Curator of Indigenous Practices, and Benoit Jodoin, Cultural Programming Officer, MMFA.
Program:
- all this was once covered in water (2017), dir. Hannah Claus
- Burying the Ruler (1989), dir. Carl Migwans Beam
- Bear Cubs (2019), dir. Nicolas Renaud
- it dropped down their minds / for at least one day you should continue to think calmly (2013), dir. Greg Staats
- Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again (2021), dir. Courtney Montour
- Creatura Dada (2016), dir. Caroline Monnet
About the speakers
As Curator of Indigenous Practices, Léuli Eshraghi (Tagata Samoa) is responsible for expanding the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ collection, initiating research, cultural mediation and exhibitions, and supporting relations with Indigenous nations. Eshraghi previously served as curator of TarraWarra Biennial 2023: ua usiusi fa'ava'asavili, which engaged with Majority World cultural renaissance and connections across Asia and the Great Ocean, and as curator in residence at the University of Queensland Art Museum, where they codesigned ocean-centred exhibitions, residencies, and publications Oceanic Thinking, Mare Amoris / Sea of Love, How we remember tomorrow, and Blue Assembly with Peta Rake, Isabella Baker and Jocelyn Flynn. They hold a PhD in curatorial practice from Monash University, a GradCert in Indigenous arts management from the University of Melbourne, and a BA in Indigenous and Francophone Studies from the University of Queensland.
Benoit Jodoin has been responsible for cultural programming at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts since 2022. He designed the programming accompanying the exhibitions Seeing Loud: Basquiat and Music, Françoise Sullivan: “I let rhythms flow,” Portable Universe: Thought and Splendour of Indigenous Colombia, and uummaqutik: essence of life (Prix Télé-Québec – Coup de cœur du jury). An art historian, Benoit Jodoin holds a PhD from the Université du Québec à Montréal and the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. He also works as an independent curator and essayist. His most recent essay, Archives de nos amitiés imparfaites, was published last fall by Éditions Triptyque.
About the event
A collaboration between Cinéma du Musée and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts as part of National Indigenous Peoples Day.
Country
Canada
Version
French