ATIKAMEKW SUNS at 7 PM

ATIKAMEKW SUNS (2023)

On June 26, 1977, a vehicle drove into a river outside the Atikamekw community of Manawan in northern Québec. Two Whites survive the accident, but five Atikamekw lose their lives. The police conclude it was an accident, but for the victims' families, many questions remain unanswered.

Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw) is freely inspired by the dreams, impressions, and memories of the victims' loved ones.

Over the course of seven years, the filmmaker accompanied the families of the five victims of June 26, 1977, involving them both in front of and behind the camera – playing the role of their grandparents or sharing their inability to put behind them their grief and the humiliation they suffered from the authorities.

A heartrending, deeply political film about grief, community and stolen memory. It won best francophone film at FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINÉMA in Montreal.

Canada

Atikamekw, French, English subtitles

1 hour and 44 minutes

Host or Publisher Kelowna Film Society