Minqon Minqon: Wosqotomn Elsonwagon (Shirley Bear: Reclaiming the Balance of Power)

19906 min 22 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Catherine Anne Martin

Production: Catherine Anne MartinKimberlee McTaggart

Part of the Five Feminist Minutes fifteenth anniversary project of Studio D, the Women's Studio of the National Film Board of Canada.

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Minqon Minqon: Wosqotomn Elsonwagon (Shirley Bear: Reclaiming the Balance of Power)

Decades before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Shirley Bear was defying repressive colonial narratives with inspiring imagery of Indigenous womanhood. Catherine Martin profiles the Wolastoqiyik/Malecite artist known as Minqon Minqon (Rainbow Rainbow).

Other versions

Minqon Minqon : Wosqotomn Elsonwagon (Shirley Bear : Rétablir l’équilibre des pouvoirs)

Subject categories

  • Women - Portraits > Indigenous WomenVisual Arts and Crafts
  • Women > Indigenous Women
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Visual Arts and Architecture
  • Visual Arts > Women Artists
  • Tangible & Material Culture > Drawing & Painting
  • Roles & Relationships > Feminism & Women
  • Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Malecite / Maliseet (Wolastoqiyik)

Credits

director
Catherine Anne Martin
producer
Catherine Anne Martin
Kimberlee McTaggart
cinematographer
Kimberlee McTaggart
editor
Kimberlee McTaggart
sound recordist
Jane Porter
sound editor
Jane Porter
music
Shirley Bear
cast
Shirley Bear