Call Me Human/Je m’appelle Humain

Call Me Human/Je m’appelle Humain
Canada, 2020. Directed by Kim O’Bomsawin. 78 min. G
Presented in French language with English subtitles.

This presentation is sponsored by Virginia Medland

“Sauvage”, says Joséphine Bacon, “means to be wholly free”. When elders leave us, a link to the past vanishes along with them. Innu writer Joséphine Bacon exemplifies a generation that is bearing witness to a time that will soon have passed away. With charm and diplomacy, she leads a charge against the loss of a language, a culture, and its traditions. On the trail of Papakassik, the master of the caribou, Call Me Human proposes a foray into a people’s multimillennial history, in company with a woman of great spirit who has devoted her life to passing on her knowledge and that of her ancestors. In her language, Innu means “human”.

RiverBrink Art Museum
116 Queenston St, Queenston, ON

Saturday 21 August 2021
Doors open at 8PM
Screening starts at sunset (approx 9:15PM)

Note: this venue is fully accessible at street level. Caution with potentially uneven lawn surface.

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