Speaking of Spirits or âtayôhkêwin in Plains Cree is a term used for telling sacred stories and legends. This film explores different forms of Indigenous storytelling throughout Toronto and Saskatchewan, Canada. It connects Plains Indian Sign Language, art, activism, and traditional oral storytelling to create a multi-layered understanding of what stories are being told by peoples of the Plains Cree Nation and Haudenosaunee Confederacy in settler state Canada. The film sheds light on the importance of Native languages and Indigenous stories as ways of healing to colonized Indigenous peoples. It juxtaposes urban and rural Indigenous experiences and critically addresses Indigenous and settler relations in modern-day Canada.
Speaking of spirits
Poundmaker Indigenous performance festival
Coming soon
Tigris & Eufraat
This short film titled ‘Tigris & Eufraat’ is about a famous Middle Eastern shop in Amsterdam East. This production was a collaboration with Hannah Bults and Sabrine Mdaghri, and was completed within a week. We have conducted participant observation, interviews and sensory ethnography which has resulted in a 10-minute film.
Moeten WIJ straks de prijs betalen?!
This spoken word video titled ‘Moeten wij straks de prijs betalen?!’ translated:‘Are we paying the price later?!’ was commissioned by Fawaka Nederland and Milieudefensie.
During the project, I was responsible for the creative production, artist recruitment and artist management.
R.I.P. Vert ramp
This short film titled 'R.I.P. Vert Ramp’ is about a Vert skate community in Amsterdam and the destruction of their beloved (and detested) Vert Ramp in Amsterdam East. The film was made during a participatory ethnographic research project during which I got to know the community. The film includes footage of some of the Vert skaters themself.
