BC Premiere
Story Money Impact and VIFF’s Institute for the Moving Image invite you to the BC Premiere of Roots and Tides: The Reawakening, a TELUS Original documentary. Directed by Tiffany Ayalik and produced by Caroline Cox.
As the Pauquachin First Nation works to restore a traditional sea garden on Vancouver Island, Elders, water guardians, families, and allies come together to reawaken Indigenous stewardship practices and rebuild relationships with the land and sea. It heals not just the land but their community through coming together to share in restoration work, cultural teachings, and community action. What will future generations inherit from us, and what is our responsibility and opportunity to cultivate that inheritance in the present?
Roots and Tides: The Reawakening shows what bounty is created when people come together to care for what sustains them, and hopes that all peoples along the coasts will roll up their sleeves to revive the magnificent generosity of sea gardens.
About the event: This is a FREE screening. Doors will open at 5:00 pm, and the film will start at 5:30 pm. A post-screening, off-site gathering is being organized, more details to come.
This screening is part of VIFF’s ReFrame series, supported by Far Star Action Fund. ReFrame explores the development of films, the impact the filmmakers hope to achieve, and amplifies the message at the heart of each film by connecting them with engaged audiences.
Roots and Tides: The Reawakening was funded and supported by TELUS Originals. TELUS Originals supports local filmmakers.
Tiffany Ayalik
Canada
2026
English
Open to youth
Book Tickets
Wednesday November 25
Credits
Producer
Caroline Cox
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