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The Lake Winnipeg Project is a four-part documentary series that calls attention to stories of ingenuity and resilience among the Anishinaabe, Cree and Métis communities of Matheson Island, Poplar River First Nation, Fisher River Cree Nation and Camp Morningstar, at a time when many external forces are imposing change. The series highlights their responses to various challenges and factors such as a shifting climate, industrial encroachment, government policy, and the COVID-19 pandemic, among others. Anishinaabe/Cree director Kevin Settee takes an “own-voices” approach to storytelling that gives Lake Winnipeg communities and peoples the opportunity to tell their own stories, in their own voices, and to speak to the challenges and successes experienced within their communities.

Join us on November 8 at 7pm for a Q&A with director Kevin Settee. Presented in partnership with the Winnipeg Indigenous Filmmakers Collective.

Matheson Island
Dir. Kevin Settee
2021, Canada, 14 min
Rated 18A
This episode tells the story of the Whiteways of Matheson Island, who for generations have depended on commercial fishing as a means of survival and livelihood.

Poplar River
Dir. Kevin Settee
2021, Canada, 10 min
Rated 18A
This episode explores the special connection that Poplar River First Nation has to the lands and waters surrounding their community.

Camp Morningstar
Dir. Kevin Settee
2021, Canada, 16 min
Rated 18A
This episode shares the story of Camp Morningstar, a sacred camp established on the east side of Lake Winnipeg that was erected in response to the proposal of a silica sand mine.

Fisher River
Dir. Kevin Settee
2021, Canada, 15 min
Rated 18A
This episode narrows in on stories of generosity and perseverance in Fisher River Cree Nation in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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