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(2020, 22 minutes)
Language, Art, and Tradition
This episode delves into the deep connections between Indigenous language and artistic expression. From ancient petroglyphs to contemporary visual storytelling, Indigenous art forms have always been more than decoration—they are a means of preserving knowledge, history, and cultural identity. Featuring perspectives on language’s role in shaping artistic traditions, Series creator Jeff Bear, challenges viewers to see art not just as an object, but as a living, evolving voice of Indigenous experience.
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“Petroglyphs to Pixels, Season 1” explores the groundbreaking work of 13 Indigenous artists whose work transcends boundaries, reclaims cultural narratives, and reshapes the contemporary art landscape. From petroglyphs to digital media, their art—spanning sculpture, painting, photography, and performance—tells powerful stories of resilience, identity, and tradition. This series captures a vital moment in the continuum of Indigenous creativity.
Artists featured in Petroglyphs to Pixels, Season 1:
Alex Janvier
Rosalie Favel
Lou Ann Neel
James Hart
Nadia Myre
Lawrence Paul
Dozay Christmas
Teresa Marshall
Skeena Reece
Manasiah Akpaliapik
Alan Syliboy
Connie Watts
Wolastoq Point of View
Series written and directed by Jeff Bear, narrated and co-directed by Marianne Jones.
(2020, 22 minutes)
Language, Art, and Tradition
This episode delves into the deep connections between Indigenous language and artistic expression. From ancient petroglyphs to contemporary visual storytelling, Indigenous art forms have always been more than decoration—they are a means of preserving knowledge, history, and cultural identity. Featuring perspectives on language’s role in shaping artistic traditions, Series creator Jeff Bear, challenges viewers to see art not just as an object, but as a living, evolving voice of Indigenous experience.
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“Petroglyphs to Pixels, Season 1” explores the groundbreaking work of 13 Indigenous artists whose work transcends boundaries, reclaims cultural narratives, and reshapes the contemporary art landscape. From petroglyphs to digital media, their art—spanning sculpture, painting, photography, and performance—tells powerful stories of resilience, identity, and tradition. This series captures a vital moment in the continuum of Indigenous creativity.
Artists featured in Petroglyphs to Pixels, Season 1:
Alex Janvier
Rosalie Favel
Lou Ann Neel
James Hart
Nadia Myre
Lawrence Paul
Dozay Christmas
Teresa Marshall
Skeena Reece
Manasiah Akpaliapik
Alan Syliboy
Connie Watts
Wolastoq Point of View
Series written and directed by Jeff Bear, narrated and co-directed by Marianne Jones.
![Actuality: The Art and Life of Allan King trailer
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The world mourned the passing of documentary filmmaker Allan King on June 15, 2009. A Canadian pioneer of cinéma vérité and direct cinema techniques, King often described his work as actuality drama filmming the drama of everyday life as it happens, spontaneously, without direction, interviews or narrative.
Actuality is a definitive portrait of a great filmmaker. In a career spanning 50 years, filmmaker Allan King challenged the conventions of the documentary art form. From his groundbreaking Warrendale (1967) and A Married Couple (1970) to the more recent Dying at Grace (2003) and EMPz 4 Life (2006), King shaped the genre to his vision and challenged the viewer.
Acutality: The Art and LIfe of Allan King is a tribute to King and his work and was completed three years before his death. The film examines pivotal moments in his career, seamlessly weaving together interviews with King, images and passages from his major works created between 1956 and 2006. It includes a cinéma vérité look at his film, Memory for Max, Ida and Company (2005).
[An] elegantly structured and inspirational biography of one of Canadas most significant filmmakers. Kings work has been central to the development of documentary film and direct cinema around the world, and he continues to make powerful films that confront and move us with the painful and beautiful understanding of what it is to be human.
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