March 2008
 Director
Helen Haig-Brown (Tsilhqot'in)
grew up between the Stone Reserve, British Columbia, and her current
home of Vancouver. In 2008 she participated in “Native Women
in Documentary Film,” a community discussion featuring filmmakers
at various stages in their professional work, organized by the
NMAI Film and Video Center staff in Washington, DC. Her film Su
Naa (My Big Brother) won Best Experimental at the 2005 imagineNATIVE
Film and Media Arts Festival in Toronto. She sits on the board
of directors of Redwire, a magazine for Native youth, and has
conducted media training for youth in Big Island Lake Cree Nation,
Saskatchewan. Haig-Brown has taught media production at the Gulf
Islands Film and Television School on Galiano Island, British
Columbia. In 2000, through Aboriginal Women's Action Network,
Haig-Brown and Audrey Huntley (Ojibwe) led the Fraser River Journey
for Justice, rafting 500 miles from Prince George to Vancouver,
and speaking about violence against Aboriginal women at nine Native
communities along the Fraser River. She graduated from the Aboriginal
Film and Television Production Program at Capilano College in
North Vancouver, British Columbia.
"I've always loved great stories that show me the simple
beauty of humanity. Through tears, these stories helped me understand
the complexity of the human spirit. The display of the multiple
grey areas within humanity would at once make me feel an affinity
and a deep love for people. Throughout my life, injustices left
me devastated, confused and later enraged. These stories have
been fundamental to breathing back my love. I make my videos in
hopes to contribute to this tradition."
Screened by NMAI
Image credit:
Helen Haig-Brown - courtesy of Samaya Photography, Helen Haig-Brown
- courtesy of Helen Haig-Brown
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