WED, AUG 1 / 7 pm
DIR. ARMAND GARNET RUFFO | 2010 | CANADA | 92 MIN
STEVE LOFT INTRODUCES: A WINDIGO TALE
Filmed on Six Nations Reserve in Ontario and in the Ottawa Valley, the film tells a powerful story of intergenerational trauma and healing. Harold, a Native grandfather, desperate to save his troubled grandson Curtis from a life on the street, shares the dark secrets of their family and community. In an isolated village, an estranged mother, Doris, and daughter, Lily, must reunite to exorcise the voracious Windigo spirit tied to a painful past.
Steven Loft is a Mohawk of the Six Nations. He is a curator, scholar, writer and media artist. In 2010, he was named Trudeau National Visiting Fellow at Ryerson University, where he is continuing his research in Indigenous art and aesthetics. Formerly, he was Curator-In-Residence, Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada, Director/Curator of the Urban Shaman Gallery, and Aboriginal Curator at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. He has written extensively on Indigenous art and aesthetics for various magazines, catalogues and arts publications.
