23.11 – 07.12.2025 | ОNLINE
Recipe for an Elder
Taking Care of Yourself, Taking Care of EveryoneCanada, 6 minutes, 2024, experimental/hybrid fiction
Director: JL Whitecrow
A dedication to First Nations women and Two-spirit people that are living with AIDS/HIV and the community organizations that offer Indigenous cultural programs as a means of healing. This film is experimental and blends documentary and fictional elements to capture the grassroots work that is Indigenous-led.
Content warnings: mentions of genocide, colonial violence
Film screening dates: 23.11.2025 — 07.12.2025
JL Whitecrow
JL Whitecrow is an artist, performer, and independent filmmaker based out of Toronto, ON, Canada. She is Anishinaabe and grew up in Seine River First Nation, Treaty #3. Jamie studied Philosophy and Indigenous community development before pursuing an MFA in Film Production at York University. She has made several experimental, documentary, hybrid-fiction, and comedy works that focus on women, sexuality, and identity.
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