In this final installment of our Storytellers series we dive head first into the views of the Next Wave of indigenous storytelling.
Unlike the Canadian stereotype, these storytellers are unapologetic. They are primarily young and their experience differs distinctly from the first wave of storytellers many of whom addressed issues of colonization, dispossession of language and culture and land issues. The contemporary indigenous filmmaker is primarily concerned with identity.
They are more confident and bold in the kinds of films that they make, their statements and style seeking to shatter conventions. Their works will come to define whether the indigenous voice can thrive as a distinct kind of cinema, or whether it will become another facet of mainstream movie making where we see The Next Wave subside at sea.
