Beyond Human Power
Catalogue Number: WSFI00
Producer: Wolf Spirit Films Inc.
Producing Agencies: Wolf Spirit Films Inc.
Subject: Arts, Canadian History, Canadian Social Issues, Canadian Social Studies, Criminal Justice & Law, Documentary, Family Studies/Home Economics, First Nations Studies, History, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Peoples, Social Sciences, Social Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2019
Running Time: 43:55
Canada once jailed indigenous peoples for dancing, but today new generations are finding inner balance through their dance cultures. In this visually stunning documentary, an indigenous man chronicles the oppressive Potlatch Law of 1885 to 1951, and travels throughout BC and the Yukon to find out why Indigenous people are taking their ceremonies out of the darkness. Meet inspiring people from Vancouver to Alert Bay and from Terrace to the Yukon whose lives are rooted in their culture, and whose call to dance is beyond human power.
Producer Gordon Loverin is an experienced storyteller from the Tlingit and Tahltan Nations in northwestern British Columbia.
Related Titles
The Whale House
Terra Incognita Productions TIP000Carved by Tlingit genius artist Kadjisdu.axtc in the late 1700s, the Whale House is considered by...
Carver of Stories: DocJam Series
Canazwest CPI006"Art has to come from a history and foundation, and ours is our stories..." Those are the words of...
The Reason I Dance
LeMay Media LM0023Josée Bourgeois is an Algonquin life-giving woman who is a part of a very important generation...
The Maker of Monsters: The Extraordinary Life of Beau Dick
Athene Films Inc AFI000Maker of Monsters gives an intimate look into the life of one of Canada’s greatest artists. The...
Jingle Dress - First Dance
Veritus Pictures Inc. VPI000Jingle Dress – First Dance chronicles Jules Koostachin’s (Cree, Attawapiskat) six-year quest...