waniska

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

EDITOR

In an extraordinary display of resilience, a group of Elders out on the land address the importance of Indigenous knowledge. These residential school Survivors shine a light on a future where this traditional knowledge system may be called upon to assist humanity.

Filmed in the fields and forests of Indigenous lands across Saskatchewan, Waniska was envisioned and directed by the Elder’s Circle of the First Nations University of Canada with participation from students. Traditional protocol, ceremony and prayers guided every stage of the process.

Waniska means ‘to awaken’ in Cree.