Join us for a series of films that celebrate Métis identity, language and culture. We will be screening the following films:
Tournament | 2020 | 22 minutes
Over the course of a weekend tournament, youth sledge hockey teams from the U.S. and Canada battle for supremacy. Designed for players who have a physical challenge, the fundaments of the sport — passing, shooting, trash talking your opponents – remain the same. Director Sam Vint captures the end-to-end action as the Manitoba Sledgehammers do it all.
The Lake Winnipeg Project: Matheson Island | 2021 | 14 minutes
This film shares the story of the Whiteways of Matheson Island, their devotion to a fishing lifestyle and the various challenges they experience, including issues related to health, government policy and the threatened future of the fishing industry.
Our practice at OPL is to offer films with subtitles in the same language as the audio to address accessibility needs. We are pleased to offer this screening with English subtitles.