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Where we were not. Part one : feeling reserved, Alexus’ story /

By:

MacCormack, Jessica and Young, Alexus

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublisher number: Groupe Intervention Video (GIV)Publisher: [Winnipeg] : Jessica McCormack, 2011Description: 1 DVD (6:02 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Other title:

Feeling reserved, Alexus' story

Subject(s):

Contents:

Documentary / Animation Canada 2011 6:00 English / French subtitles

Production credits:

Animation, editing, project facilitation by Jessica MacCormack ; story by Alexus Y.

Summary: "Alexus’ Story is the first part of a four part animated documentary about criminalization in Canada."--website "An experimental animated documentary about criminalization in Canada. In 'Feeling Reserved' Alexus shares her story of a 'starlight tour' , a practice of police brutality against First Nations peoples in Canada where individuals are driven out of town, stripped of their coats and shoes and left to freeze to death. In Alexus' case a couple happened to drive by her and she was saved. Nonetheless the emotional scars remain, and many people were not so lucky. The realization that these murders are a continuation of the genocide of First Nations peoples today is horrifying for all. This work highlights the systematic violence at play and the silencing effects it produces. Working with animation, video, painting, drawing, installation and intervention, Jess MacCormack's interdisciplinary practice examines the complex position of culture within neolibral capitalism and critiques modes of social control, while exploring the potential for art to function as a site of resistance. They are specifically interested in how modes of violence are perpetuated collectively through popular narratives, concepts of justice and denial of accountability. Alexus Young is a two-spirited videomaker hails from Swan River, Manitoba. " -- From the back of the DVD case

List(s) this item appears in: New Films

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-03781 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1605031784Z

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Where we were not. Part one : feeling reserved, Alexus’ story /