Throughout June, Knowledge Network is broadcasting and streaming a specially curated selection of films by leading Indigenous filmmakers from B.C. and other parts of Canada.

This special National Indigenous History Month selection includes two groundbreaking feature films shot in B.C. Directed by Helen Haig-Brown and Gwaai Edenshaw, SGaawaay K’uuna made history as the first feature film shot entirely in the Haida language. This film tells a classic Haida tale of a man who spirals into madness and transforms into Gaagiixiid — “the Wildman.”

Shot in East Vancouver in almost one continuous take, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is an intimate exploration of Indigenous motherhood through the story of a chance encounter between two women from very different backgrounds. Directed by Elle Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn, this critically acclaimed feature won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Canadian Film in 2020.