Powerful Maori movie a map of sorts for First Nations filmmakers … – Winnipeg Free Press

April 17, 2015

Powerful Maori movie a map of sorts for First Nations filmmakers wanting to tell warrior stories

At the newly launched Bandwidth Theatre on the corner of Sherbrook and Ellice, a new film from New Zealand has the potential to show aboriginal Canadian filmmakers the way.

Since it opened late in 2014, the Bandwidth has been playing an assortment of movies, from low-budget horror to high-minded documentaries. But as it’s connected to the Adam Beach Film Institute, it also has an agenda, under the stewardship of founding partners Beach, producer Jim Compton and filmmaker Jeremy Torrie, to inspire young filmmakers, especially young First Nations filmmakers.

In that capacity, The Dead Lands is not just an exciting movie, it’s a fine example of how an indigenous culture can tell its stories on film, Torrie says.

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