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Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
20212 h 4 min 50 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Production: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Seen Through Woman Productions)David Christensen (National Film Board of Canada)lori lozinski (Seen Through Woman Productions)
Script: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
A Seen Through Woman Productions and National Film Board of Canada co-production.
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ film witnesses radical and profound change in her community. Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy is an intimate portrait of survival, love and the collective work of healing in the Kainai First Nation in Southern Alberta, a Blackfoot community facing the impacts of substance use and a drug-poisoning epidemic.
Community members active in addiction and recovery, first responders and medical professionals implement harm reduction to save lives. This work is contextualized within the historical and contemporary impacts of settler colonialism; Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy draws a connecting line between the effects of colonial violence on Blackfoot land and people and the ongoing substance-use crisis.
Held in love and hope for the future, Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy asks the audience to be a part of this remarkable change with the community.
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Subject categories
- Health and Medicine > Alcohol, Drugs and TobaccoCommunity Health ServicesTreatment and Rehabilitation
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Health and SafetyPrairiesSocial ConditionsSocial Problems
- Children and Youth > Substance Abuse
- Health & Wellbeing > Addiction (Alcohol, Drugs, Smoking Cessation)
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Káínaa / Kainai (Blood)
- Community > Poverty, Welfare, Social Service Delivery, Homelessness, Inequality
- Education > Residential Schools Trauma & Healing
Credits
- writer
- Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
- director
- Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
- producer
- Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
- David Christensen
- lori lozinski
- executive producer
- David Christensen
- director of photography
- Patrick McLaughlin
- editor
- Hans Olson
- composer
- Chandra Melting Tallow
- animation illustrator
- Karlene Harvey
- animator
- Aparna Kapur
- production supervisor
- Esther Viragh
- studio administrator
- Devon Supeene
- Bree Beach
- studio operations manager
- Darin Clausen
- production coordinator
- Jessica Smith
- Hilda Amponsah
- Tanis Redcrow
- Faye Yoneda
- marketing manager
- Kay Rondonneau
- publicist
- Katja De Bock
- legal counsel
- Christian Pitchen
- participant
- Dr. Esther Tailfeathers
- Kirby Manyfingers
- Tim Tailfeathers
- Darwin Fisher
- Lynda LaPretre
- Tyler Bigchild
- Michelle Wishart
- Dr. Christy Sutherland
- Tod Spencer
- Pam Little Bear
- Lori Eagle Plume
- Melanie Old Shoes
- Mariah Shouting
- Kenneth Wood
- Sonjae Bare Shin Bone
- Leah Crazybull
- George Calling Last
- Maggie Kronen
- Mike Fox
- Stephanie Brown Weasel
- Dallas Hindbull
- Robyn Fox-Oka
- Robert Calf
- Sean Chief Moon
- Bryan Smith
- Ky Bird-Shouting
- Jeremy Weasel Moccasin
- Roxi White Quills
- Chief Roy Fox
- Shae Standing Alone
- Kalon Sharp Adze
- Geraldine Shade
- Nolan Little Bear
- Rady Goodrider
- Stacey Bourque
- Lloyd Chief Calf
- Travis Bird
- Mark Brave Rock
- Gina Hunt
- Sylvester "Sly" Daniels
- Marcia White Quills
- Lynda Eagle Speaker
- Kevin Cowan
- Jacen Abrey
- Lani Blackwater
- Trinity White Feathers
- Sergeant John Connor
- Virginia Tailfeathers
- Lester Tailfeathers
- Eline Van Munt
- Leslie Wells
- Kara Eagle Bear
- Warren Potts
- Rylan
- Jeff Fox
- Chantelle Vailleres
- Leonard Chief Moon
- Austin Tallman
- Jagger Eagle Plume
- Judy Sept
- Tyler Chief Calf
- Lorne Taylor
- Baby Boy
- additional photography
- Damien Eagle Bear
- Joshua Manyheads
- Soloman Chiniquay
- Arnell Tailfeathers
- Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
- sound recordist
- Brad Martin
- Alex Mitchell
- Charlene Moore
- Ron Osiowy
- Arnell Tailfeathers
- Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
- Jeff Henschel
- Francesco Russo
- production assistant
- Leonard Provost
- Arnell Tailfeathers
- Madison Tailfeathers
- Deserae Yellow Horn
- location manager
- Leonard Provost
- Arnell Tailfeathers
- production stills photographer
- Arnell Tailfeathers
- impact producer
- Robyn Weasel Bear
- directing and producing mentee
- Jade Baxter
- Olivia Marie Brooks
- Tristin Greyeyes
- elder
- Francis First Charger
- Beverly Hungry Wolf
- cultural support
- Francis First Charger
- Beverly Hungry Wolf
- indigenous history and policy workshop facilitator
- Faye Morning Bull
- first assistant editor
- Krystal Moss
- colourist - mentor
- Sam Gilling
- colourist mentee
- Soloman Chiniquay
- titles
- Cheyenne Manning
- graphic designer
- Cheyenne Manning
- on-screen graphics
- Asia Youngman
- sound designer
- Peter Robinson
- sound designer - mentor
- Eva Madden
- dialogue editor
- Peter Robinson
- additional supervising sound editor
- David Green
- ADR recordist
- Peter Robinson
- sound mix facility
- Sharpe Studios
- project manager
- Laurie Melhus
- sound supervisor
- Kelly Cole
- re-recording mixer
- May Guimaraes
- Kevin Morales
- post-production facility
- Elemental Post
- project supervisor
- Matt Drake
- finishing artist
- Ryan Mance
- legal services
- Nathaniel Lyman
- audit services
- Gemma Davis
- interim financing
- National Bank of Canada
- insurance
- Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc.
- post-production accounting
- Paralee Cook
Awards
- Emerging Canadian Filmmaker AwardHot Docs
- Rogers Audience AwardHot Docs
- Colin Low Award for Best Canadian DirectorDoxa - Documentary Film and Video Festival
- Audience Choice Award, Canadian Documentary FeatureInternational Film Festival
- Inspiring Voices & Perspectives Feature Film AwardCinefest
- Impact AwardInternational Women in Film Festival
- Best Musical ScoreInternational Women in Film Festival
- Best Canadian DocumentaryVancouver Film Critics Association Awards
- Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary AwardCanadian Screen Awards