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XWAAQW’UM
Directed by Ali harris

Date
September 9, 2019
About Project
DIRECTOR
ALI HARRIS
COUNTRY
CANADA
RUNNING TIME
7 mins
YEAR
2015
LANGUAGE
English
ABOUT THE FILM
This 7 minute homegrown gem focuses on past summer events at Xwaaqw’um, the traditional Cowichan name for Burgoyne Bay. This film documents a series of public events with First Nations elders at a summer camp for FN youth that mark a visionary new beginning for Xwaaqw’um and already strengthened relationships between non-indigenous islanders and the indigenous communities who have centuries of history in this place. Moving and inspiring.