Shelley Niro, The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw, film, 96 min, 2019
- Wednesday, March 17, 2021
- 7:00pm – 8:30pm
- Online with Zoom
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw (2019) by Shelley Niro (Canada)
Screening dates: March 10 - 17, 2021
Discussion: Wednesday, Mar 17, 7 - 8:30 pm online
Presented in partnership with Circle Blue Media
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Mitzi Bearclaw turns 25 years old, and that means making big decisions for the future. Her dream to design cool hats is put on hold when she decides to move from the city back to her isolated reserve to look after her sick and bitter mother. With the reserve bully constantly on her heels and an old flame in her sights, she is grateful that her cousin is there to help her stay sane and keep positive. With spirit guides and laughs along the way, Mitzi battles to get her family back on the right track.
Shelley Niro is a member of Six Nations Reserve, Turtle Clan, Bay of Quinte Mohawk. She holds an Honours degree in painting and sculpture and a Master’s in Fine Art. Her work has been exhibited across Northern America, and she has received recognition for her work as an independent filmmaker with screenings at the Venice Biennale and Sundance Film Festivals.
About FEMtastic Film Club
FEMtastic is MAWA’s new screening and discussion series! How do women filmmakers around the world understand and articulate their lived realities? What stories are told by women that reveal nuanced and multifaceted perspectives in patriarchal societies? Intersectionality in gender and culture will be at the core of the films presented. Whether experimental, documentary or fiction, these stories manifest how personal narratives can reveal greater political discourses. You don’t have to join the discussion group to watch the films. Links will be available one week before the screening dates. Watch your MAWA “Coming Up” email and website for details. After you have seen the films, you may choose to register to join series curator soJin Chun on Zoom to discuss them. She will ask key questions to explore each film and the under-represented histories they reflect.
Everyone is welcome to watch the films… links available one week before discussion. To register for the discussion group, contact soJin at [email protected] and put “FEMtastic Discussion” in the subject heading; spaces are limited.
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soJin Chun is a Toronto-based artist-curator who explores the alternative dialogues that emerge in between cultures and disciplines. She spent most of her happy childhood lost in translation, and her Korean diasporic experience living in Bolivia and Canada inspires her artistic and curatorial practice. Chun’s work explores artists, identities, spaces and narratives that exist outside of dominant representations. She aims to create spaces to present contemporary art that is socially engaged and relevant for communities with a lack of access to the arts while commenting on a greater social and/or political struggle. Collaboration is an essential part of her process, and she has worked extensively with BIPOC and LGBTQ2S+ communities in Canada and South America.