Urban Music Night
WITH Aboriginal Film Screenings
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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MUSIC: Wab Kinew | isKwé | Sadie
FILM: Nikamowin | Ikwe | Aboriginality
The West End Cultural Centre 586 Ellice Ave
Films start at 6pm, music starts at 645pm
Tickets $2.50 Advance, $5 Door
FAMILIES WELCOME
Music
Wab Kinew
www.myspace.com/wabdamuss
Wab Kinew is an emcee, nominated for best hip hop album and best music video at the 2009 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards and 2009 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.
Be sure to check this Youtube video: Wab Kinew featuring Tinsel Korey- Last Word
Sadie
www.myspace.com/sadieonline
Sadie is a 19-year-old songwriter/emcee based out of Winnipeg. She’s fun, experienced and determined to pave a way for her Aboriginal generation.
isKwé
www.iskwemuzik.com
isKwé is a Trip Hop and R&B singer/songwriter of Irish and Cree/Dene ancestry originally from Winnipeg. “Wandering,” from her upcoming release, was recently included in Hip Hop Canada’s Who’s Got Next compilation CD (supported by Hip Hop mogul Marc Ecko).
FILM SCREENINGS:
NIKAMOWIN | Kevin Lee Burton | Canada | 12:00 minutes
Creating a linguistic soundscape through aural elements of Cree, Kevin Lee Burton weaves sound and image with a political and rhythmic resonance. Exploring diverse landscapes by remixing their formal textures, the visual construction of this experimental video underscores questions of how languages emerge, exist, transform and dissolve.
Filmmaker bio: Kevin Lee Burton (Swampy Cree) is an award-winning filmmaker, programmer and freelance editor. Kevin has designed a niche by working in his ancestral tongue, Cree. He was raised in the remote area of God’s Lake Narrows, MB, but now lives and works in Winnipeg, MB.
IKWE | Caroline Monnet | Canada | 5:00 minutes
IKWÉ (meaning “woman” in Algonquin) is a visually fluid experimental film centred on the internal dialogue between a young woman and the teachings of her grandmother, the moon. Referencing ancestral traditions of oral storytelling, the narrative unfolds in both French and Cree as two generations form a bridge between the natural and modern worlds.
Filmmaker bio: Caroline Monnet grew up in Quebec and Brittany, France. She has directed the short films 360 Degrees (08), which won best short documentary at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, and IKWÉ (09).
ABORIGINALITY | Dominique Keller & Tom Jackson | 14:00 minutes
Aboriginality follows an urban youth as he heads down the mystical Red Road, to re-connect and be inspired by both new and traditional elements of First Nations culture. Aboriginality re-imagines the strength and spirit of First Nations culture through new narrative mediums that connect urban First Nations youth to their rural ancestral histories.
Filmmaker bio: Dominique Keller is a Producer/Director and the founder of Electric Juice Productions, a full service production company. Dominique has won many awards including a CTV fellowship, an AMPIA mentorship and as well, Dominique was nominated for Best Alberta Director for her film Aboriginality.
PERFORMANCE BY JESSE MCMANN-SPARVIER
Flutist and hoop-dancer, Jesse Mcmann-Sparvier, leads a performance where musicality transitions into a dance performance.
JESSE'S bio: Jesse McMann-Sparvier has been dancing for 7 years. She started out under the tutelage of Wandering Spirit Native Awareness Ltd. As a musician, she started her musical training in grade 4, and is now enrolled in the Jazz Program at the University of Manitoba.