World Premiere
Marie Clements’ Reclaim My Skin is a tour-de-force, weaving stunning musical dramatizations with powerful interviews to reveal how Indigenous women and Two-Spirit people lost their power through colonization and how they have been raising their voices through activism, political engagement and the arts to reclaim their rightful place.
In this three-part documentary, Clements hones in on key moments following the European colonization of Turtle Island, exposing the strategies used to undermine matriarchal and Two-Spirit systems within Indigenous communities. She explores how contemporary artists and activists are reclaiming their past and seizing their own future. The documentary features performances by renowned musicians including Pura Fé and Laura Grizzlypaws, along with powerful reflections from notable voices that include Tanya Talaga, Joy Harjo-Sapulpa, Cindy Blackstock, Louise Wakerahkats:te Herne, Michelle Schenandoah, and Gloria Steinem in one of her final interviews.
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Sharon Day, Marie Gaudet, Pura Fé, Renae Morriseau, Sandy Scofield, Tanya Talaga, Gloria Steinem, Louise Wakerakats:se Herne, Michelle Schenandoah
Canada/USA
2026
English
Coarse & sexual language
Open to youth
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Ernest Webb, Catherine Bainbridge, Steven Thibault
Producer
Marie Clements, Trish Dolman
Screenwriter
Marie Clements
Cinematography
Simon Schneider, Vince Arvidson & Guy Godfree
Editor
Eddie O., Tanya Maryniak, Maxime Lahaie, Tom Randaxhe
Original Music
Pura Fé, Jesse Zubot, Wayne Lavallee
Marie Clements
Marie Clements is an acclaimed writer, director, and producer whose award-winning career spans film, television, radio, and live performance. Her feature, Bones of Crows, premiered at TIFF, screened at 34+ festivals, earning 72 nominations and 39 awards. The companion mini-series was CBC/APTN’s top-watched dramatic premiere; Clements won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Drama Series for the episode, To Be Here. She holds honours from WFF, WIFTV, Telefilm, the DGC and APTN.
Filmography: The Road Forward (2017); Red Snow (2019); Bones of Crows (2022); Lay Down Your Heart (2022
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