s-yéwyáw: Awaken

s-yéwyáw: Awaken (2023)

healing people, heals the land healing the land, heals people

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2023-10-13
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Language: English
  • Director: Liz Marshall

Summary

Stories of hope and homecoming intersect as Indigenous multimedia changemakers learn and document the teachings of their Elders. Ecko Aleck of the Nlaka'pamux Nation (Lytton, BC,) Alfonso Salinas of the shíshálh Nation (Sunshine Coast, BC,) and Charlene SanJenko of Splatsin of the Secwépemc Nation (Shuswap, BC,) are learning and documenting the traditional cultural teachings and legacies of their Elders, including the impacts of genocide resulting from Canada's Indian Residential School (IRS) system. Calling the audience's attention to the filmmaking process of narrative collaboration between an Indigenous and settler team, this character-driven documentary connects the transformative stories of three Indigenous multimedia changemakers and their four Elders. Infused by Indigenous ceremony, s-yéwyáw: Awaken walks alongside the process of intergenerational healing.

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  • Terry Coyote Aleck

    as Self
  • Wayne Christian

    as Self
  • Calvin Craigan

    as Self
  • Barbara Higgins

    as Self
  • Ecko Aleck

    as Self
  • Alfonso Salinas

    as Self
  • Charlene SanJenko

    as Self
Directing Liz Marshall Director
Production Ecko Aleck Producer
Writing Ecko Aleck Writer
Sound Ecko Aleck Music
Camera Eva Anandi Brownstein Director of Photography
Production Özgün Gündüz Executive Producer
Camera Tamar Kozlov Still Photographer
Camera Tamar Kozlov Additional Camera
Writing Liz Marshall Writer
Production Liz Marshall Producer
Production Liz Marshall Executive Producer
Camera Liz Marshall Director of Photography
Camera Inder Nirwan Director of Photography
Production Patti Poskitt Line Producer
Camera Diana Parry Director of Photography
Writing Alfonso Salinas Writer
Production Alfonso Salinas Producer
Writing Charlene SanJenko Writer
Production Charlene SanJenko Producer
Art Paul Shoebridge Title Designer
Art Paul Shoebridge Graphic Designer
Sound Oscar Vargas Sound Designer

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