KIMMAPIIYIPITSSINI:
THE MEANING OF EMPATHY
a film by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
FEATURE PRESENTATION
FREE IN-PERSON
+ ONLINE SCREENING
IN-PERSON SCREENING:
MARCH 14, 2022 • 7 PM
@ Halifax Central Library
VIEWABLE ONLINE IN ATLANTIC CANADA
FOR 48 HOURS FOLLOWING IN-PERSON SCREENING
2021 / CANADA / 125 mins
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers affords us an intimate perspective into her community, Kainai First Nation, which faces immense substance abuse and an overdose epidemic as well as the highest death rates due to drugs in Canada. Community members—first responders, medical professionals, and those who have disorders respective to substance use—effect change together and commit to harm reduction within. Kímmapiiyipitssini, meaning 'to give kindness to each other' in Blackfoot, underlays initiatives for change and commitment. —Fallen Matthews
Before Kímmapiiyipitssini, After Images will present Bretten Hannam’s short film elmiteskuatl.
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ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Writer, director, producer and actor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers is a member of the Kainai First Nation (Blood Tribe, Blackfoot Confederacy) and Sámi. She began her film career with the 2011 short Bloodlandand has gone on to work as director and actor across a range of genres, from music video to narrative fiction. Her director credits include A Red Girl’s Reasoning, Bihttoš and c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city. The 2018 recipient of the Sundance Institute’s Merata Mita Fellowship, she describes her filmmaking as “a form of nonviolent direct action against issues like violence against women and degradation of Indigenous land.”