Wilfred Buck Screening
Schedule
Thu May 09 2024 at 07:45 pm
Location
Viff Vancity Theatre | Vancouver, BC
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Join Massy Arts Society and DOXA Film Festival for the BC Premiere of Wilfred Buck, directed by Lisa Jackson. Thu, May 9th, 7:45 PM @ VIFF Centre - Vancity TheatreIndigenous and First Nations Attendees:
Admission to DOXA screenings and events is FREE for all self-identifying Indigenous peoples. You can book your complimentary tickets by getting in touch with our Box Office team at [email protected], or by inquiring with box office staff at festival venues during opening hours.
About the film
Lisa Jackson’s portrait of Wilfred Buck—the “Star Guy”—is much more than a biography: It is a vivid visualization of First Nations astronomy and cosmology. Adapting Buck’s memoir I Have Lived Four Lives, Jackson seamlessly fuses present day footage with dramatizations of an early life affected by trauma and the havoc it can wreak. The poignancy of these sequences is remarkable, combining cinematography, staging, performance and first-person narration into a powerful blend of multimodal storytelling.
Jackson’s film showcases Buck's devotion to passing on traditional Opaskwayak Cree values and knowledge to younger generations, and especially his passion for Indigenous teachings about the night sky and stars. Buck touts a portable planetarium through which he projects imagery of the cosmos, and the effect of seeing a sturgeon float across a starry galaxy is magical. When Buck advises a gathering of Harvard scientists not to worry about what they do not know, it is because we are all a part of something essentially unknowable. To find a way forward, we must dream and let go. -MB
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Where is it happening?
Viff Vancity Theatre, Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3M7, Canada,Vancouver, British ColumbiaEvent Location & Nearby Stays: