RECLAMATION
Canada 2018 | 13 Min. | engl. subtitled
Sun, 14-May-23 12:30 PM
Rajat Nayyar (EFC), Rana El Kadi (EFC), TJ Cuthand via Zoom
RECLAMATION is a documentary-style imagining of a post-dystopic future in Canada after massive climate change, wars, pollution, and the aftereffects of the large-scale colonial project which has now destroyed the land. When Indigenous people are left behind after a massive exodus by primarily privileged white settlers who have moved to Mars, the original inhabitants of this land cope by trying to restore and rehabilitate the beautiful planet they belong to.
This film will be screened simultaneously at Conflictorium as part of our #Junction_Ahmedabad, followed by a shared discussion.
TJ Cuthand grew up in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. He makes films about sexuality, madness, Queer identity and love, gender, and Indigeneity, which have screened in festivals internationally. His work has exhibited at galleries including the MOMA in NYC, The National Gallery in Ottawa, and The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. He completed his BFA majoring in Film and Video at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2005, and his Masters of Arts in Media Production at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2015. He has performed at Live At The End Of The Century in Vancouver, Queer City Cinema’s Performatorium in Regina, and 7a*11d in Toronto. He is a Whitney Biennial 2019 artist. He is of Plains Cree and Scots descent, a member of Little Pine First Nation, and currently resides in Toronto, Canada. He also coined the word Indigiqueer.