Indigenous women of various generations deconstruct the western gaze through traditional and contemporary dance.
Joséphine Bacon, Aïcha Bastien N’Diaye, Catherine Boivin, Catherine Dagenais-Savard, Emilie Monnet, Caroline Monnet
Canada
2025
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Credits & Director
Producer
Caroline Monnet
Screenwriter
Caroline Monnet
Cinematography
Nicolas Canniccioni
Editor
Marc Boucrot
Production Design
Caroline Monnet
Original Music
Alessandro Cortini
Caroline Monnet
Caroline Monnet is an award-winning, multidisciplinary artist based in Montréal. Her work has been programmed extensively in festivals and museums around the world, including TIFF, Sundance, Berlinale, Göteborg, and IFFR, as well as the Whitney Biennale, Frankfurt Kunsthalle, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and National Gallery of Canada. Monnet was selected for the Cannes Festival’s Cinéfondation residency in Paris, and received the Sundance Institute’s Merata Mita Fellowship. She was also named compagne des Arts et des Lettres du Québec.
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