Sgaawaay K’uuna (Edge of the knife)
Festival Ciné Alter'natif

Opening of the 10th edition of the Ciné Alter’Natif festival, dedicated to Indigenous cinema, with the screening of Sgaawaay K’uuna, made in Haida, a language of which only 20 speakers were still alive in Canada in 2018.

Haida Gwaii, 1800’s. At a seasonal fishing camp, two families endure a conflict between the nobleman Adiits’ii and his best friend. After Adiits’ii causes the accidental death of his friend’s son, he flees into the rainforest and transforming into Gaagiixid – “the Wildman.”

The film generated a real momentum to preserve this traditional language.

In partnership with De la plume à l’écran

Réalisation : Gwaii Edenshaw , Helen Haig-Brown
Film / Canada / 2018 / 1h40 min / VOST
Movie in Haïda with French subtitles

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