s-yéwyáw: Awaken
“healing people, heals the land healing the land, heals people”
2023•1h 32m•Released
Documentary
Stories of hope and homecoming intersect as Indigenous multimedia changemakers learn and document the teachings of their Elders. Ecko Aleck of the Nlaka'pamux Nation (Lytton, BC,) Alfonso Salinas of the shíshálh Nation (Sunshine Coast, BC,) and Charlene SanJenko of Splatsin of the Secwépemc Nation (Shuswap, BC,) are learning and documenting the traditional cultural teachings and legacies of their Elders, including the impacts of genocide resulting from Canada's Indian Residential School (IRS) system. Calling the audience's attention to the filmmaking process of narrative collaboration between an Indigenous and settler team, this character-driven documentary connects the transformative stories of three Indigenous multimedia changemakers and their four Elders. Infused by Indigenous ceremony, s-yéwyáw: Awaken walks alongside the process of intergenerational healing.
Director
Liz Marshall
Writer
Ecko Aleck, Liz Marshall, Alfonso Salinas, Charlene SanJenko
Languages
English
Cast
Terry Coyote Aleck
Self
Wayne Christian
Self
Calvin Craigan
Self
Barbara Higgins
Self
Ecko Aleck
Self
Alfonso Salinas
Self
Charlene SanJenko
Self
Production
Producer
Ecko Aleck
Producer
Liz Marshall
Producer
Alfonso Salinas
Producer
Charlene SanJenko
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