Polson filmmaker to screen first feature documentary
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TORONTO — Polson filmmaker Brooke Pepion Swaney will be screening her film Daughter of a Lost Bird virtually at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival on Sunday, Oct. 24. The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, based in Toronto, Ontario, is the world’s largest Indigenous festival showcasing film, video, audio, and digital + interactive media made by Indigenous screen-content creators.
Brooke Pepion Swaney (Blackfeet/Salish) is a producer/filmmaker with an MFA in Film from NYU. Daughter of a Lost Bird is Brooke’s first feature documentary, which was the Closing Night Film at the 2021 New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival. The film follows Kendra, an actress who is an adult Native adoptee, on her journey to reconnect with her birth family.
“The intention of the film has always been to educate audiences about issues affecting contemporary Native people and the effects that policy and society continue to have on Indigenous people,” said Brooke Pepion Swaney. “This film is for the hundreds of thousands of Indigenous people that have been fostered or adopted out of their communities in the U.S. and Canada.”
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will host virtual events and screenings October 19-24, with over 145 works from artists representing 51 Indigenous nations giving voice to over 26 Indigenous languages. Tickets and screening information for Daughter of a Lost Bird can be found at https://www.daughterofalostbird.com/watch.
