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"Writing the Land"

"Writing the Land"Writing the Land
(2007, 8 min.) CANADA
Director: Kevin Lee Burton (Swampy Cree)
Cinematographer: Helen Haig Brown (Tsilhqot'in)
In English and Hunkamenum.

A celebration of Musqueam elder Larry Grant’s experience of rediscovering the Hunkamenum language and cultural traditions in the cityscape of Vancouver, located on ancestral Musqueam lands.

Image credit: Writing the Land; Writing the Land. Pictured: Larry Grant. Photograph by Jeff Vinnick. © 2007 National Film Board of Canada. All rights reserved.

Kevin Lee Burton
Helen Haig Brown

2009 Native American Film and Video Festival - NY premiere

2008 Native Cinema Showcase

Daily Screenings, DC

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