Film: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

In connection with the performance Vástádus eana – The answer is land by Elle Sofe Company, there will be a screening of the film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open.

Information:
Date: Saturday 15. February
Time / duration: 14:30-16:15 / 1 h 45 mins
Directors: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers & Kathleen Hepburn
Tickets: 100 NOK
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Choreographer Elle Sofe Sara has curated the film and will do an introduction ahead of the screening.

Synopsis:
Rosie lives in the same neighbourhood of Vancouver as Áila. Their lives, however, could hardly be more different. While Áila listens to Joni Mitchell on vinyl in her tastefully furnished home, Rosie shares a flat with her child's violently abusive father-to-be and his mother. When Áila finds Rosie standing hurt and barefoot in the rain, she promptly takes her home. Told almost entirely in real time and composed mostly of close-ups, the encounter between the two women constitutes a delicate moment of exchange, which touches upon issues of motherhood, female self-care and the precarious situation of Indigenous women.

"We never see the violence, but we do encounter its consequences and the lives that will forever be characterised by it".
Le Monde Diplomatique

Directors:
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
A filmmaker, writer and actor, she holds a degree in First Nations and Indigenous studies from the University of British Columbia and is an alumna of Berlinale Talents. Her short documentary Bihttoš (Rebel) won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival and screened in the 2017 NATIVe section of the Berlinale. She is Blackfoot from the Kainai First Nation (Blood Reserve) as well as Sámi from northern Norway.

Kathleen Hepburn
Born in Vancouver, Canada, she is a writer and director who holds a BFA in film production and an MFA in creative writing. Her debut film Never Steady, Never Still premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and went on to be nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards, including for Best Picture. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is her second feature film.

Artistic team:
Actors:
Violet Nelson, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Charlie Hannah, Barbara Eve Harris, Sonny Surowiec, Jay Cardinal Villeneuve, Tony Massil, Aidan Dee, James Angus Cowan, Anthony Bolognese

Directed by:
Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Producer:
Tyler Hagan, Lori Lozinski, Alan R. Milligan

Screenplay:
Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers