National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

This powerful documentary explores the extraordinary collaboration between Kwakwaka’wakw Chief Mungo Martin and Jewish ethnomusicologist Ida Halpern. Both having endured devastating cultural suppression, together they saved over a hundred Kwak'wala songs from being lost forever.

What does it mean to be Indigenous right now? From reviving copper shield-making to playing ancient games, intimate portraits of artists and knowledge keepers showcase the resurgence of Indigenous identity, knowledge and joy across the Northwest Coast.

Leroy Little Bear and Amethyst First Rider, leaders of a movement to reintroduce buffalo across Western North America, collaborate with master puppeteer Pete Balkwill on a luminous performance under the stars to celebrate the buffalo's return.

Stories of hope and homecoming intersect as changemakers Ecko Aleck of the Nlaka'pamux Nation (Lytton), Alfonso Salinas of the shíshálh Nation (Sunshine Coast) and Charlene SanJenko of Splatsin of the Secwépemc Nation (Shuswap) learn and document the teachings of their Elders.

Alanis Obomsawin shares a powerful 2016 speech by the Ojibwe senator and former Truth and Reconciliation Commission chair, interspersing it with testimonies from residential school survivors.

Four siblings who were separated by Canada's "Sixties Scoop" reunite as adults and share what they know about their family, as well as their experiences as foster children and adoptees.

Artist Carey Newman - Ha̱yałka̱ng̱a̱me’ (Kwakwak'awakw/Coast Salish) creates a piece called the "Witness Blanket" that commemorates the experiences of residential school survivors across Canada.

Lyana Patrick (Stellat’en First Nation) shares her story of her family's powerful story of love and survival at Lejac Indian Residential School in northern BC.

In 1967, Charlie Bittern was forced to run 80 km through a blizzard by the principal of the Birtle Indian Residential School in Manitoba. 55 years later, he's embarking on the same journey with his family at his side.

A look at the issues surrounding the repatriation of Indigenous artifacts and human remains during a pending transfer from the Royal BC Museum. It’s one of many “take back the bones” initiatives of Indigenous communities around the world.

Mohawk activist Mary Two-Axe Earley fought for more than two decades against gender discrimination in Canada's Indian Act. Mohawk filmmaker Courtney Montour shares Mary’s powerful story and honours her legacy in the fight for women’s rights.