Learning Beyond the Classics
Directed by Jeff Barnaby
With Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, Glen Gould, Brandon Oakes
Rated R, 88 minutes, DCP
In English and Mi'kmaq with English subtitles
Pulling from the abuse suffered by First Nations people at residential schools, director Jeff Barnaby weaves together horror genre tropes with history in a singular fashion that defined his sadly short career that largely predated the recent push toward social thrillers. Set in 1976 on the fictional-yet-familiar Red Crow Mi'kmaq reservation (also the site of Barnbay's Blood Quantum screened last year at the Browning Cinema), children and teenagers are required to attend residential schools per governmental decree. Despite her efforts to avoid it, Aila (Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs) is forced to attend St. Dymphna's residential school and the full breadth of generational abuse becomes clear. With nods to revenge genre films, Aila and her friends hatch a plot to right the wrongs of their world, both past and present.
Free for ND, SMC, HC, and IUSB Students.
Directed by Jeff Barnaby
With Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, Glen Gould, Brandon Oakes
Rated R, 88 minutes, DCP
In English and Mi'kmaq with English subtitles
Pulling from the abuse suffered by First Nations people at residential schools, director Jeff Barnaby weaves together horror genre tropes with history in a singular fashion that defined his sadly short career that largely predated the recent push toward social thrillers. Set in 1976 on the fictional-yet-familiar Red Crow Mi'kmaq reservation (also the site of Barnbay's Blood Quantum screened last year at the Browning Cinema), children and teenagers are required to attend residential schools per governmental decree. Despite her efforts to avoid it, Aila (Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs) is forced to attend St. Dymphna's residential school and the full breadth of generational abuse becomes clear. With nods to revenge genre films, Aila and her friends hatch a plot to right the wrongs of their world, both past and present.
Free for ND, SMC, HC, and IUSB Students.
Co-presented by The David A. Heskin and Marilou Brill Endowment for Excellence, Notre Dame Department of Film, Television, and Theatre.
Event Dates
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - 7:30 PM
