God's Lake Narrows (film)

God's Lake Narrows is an interactive visual essay, written and directed by Kevin Lee Burton, co-created with Alicia Smith, sound design by Christine Fellows, and photography by Manitoba-based Anishinabe artist Scott Benesiinaabandan.[1][2] The visual essay is hosted online by the National Film Board of Canada and was funded in partnership with imagineNATIVE Digital Media Partnership.[3][4]

God's Lake Narrows began as the RESERVE(d) project by Kevin Lee Burton and Caroline Monnet.[5] RESERVE(d) art installation from the Urban Shaman Gallery in Winnipeg featured film, photography, archival images and sounds from the reserve at God's Lake Narrows.[5]

Burton's intent for God's Lake Narrows was to highlight the resilience of people living on reserves.[4] Burton states. "$3.8 billion has been spent on reserve housing over the last decade and people think we're so privileged: living off the backs of everyone else in this country. In my childhood, most of us were still hauling sewage out in pails.[1]"

God’s Lake Narrows is a series of 26 slides that seeks to encourage viewers to experience the virtual reserve community through photographs of the exteriors of homes and portraits of the people who live there.[5] The purpose of the visual essay is to breakdown the stereotypes of Native reserve life.[6]

God's Lake Narrows was the 2012 winner of the Webby Award for photography.[7]

References
  1. "Winnipeg artist Kevin Lee Burton shares surprising glimpse of his hometown". CBC Manitoba. June 25, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  2. MacDonald, Kerri (January 11, 2012). "An Interactive Project With No Reservations". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  3. "God's Lake Narrows". National Film Board. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  4. Smith, Kenton (May 2014). "Kevin Lee Burton - The Queer Cree Filmmaker". Outwords. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  5. Gaertner, David (July 20, 2014). "INDIGENOUS PROTOCOL IN CYBERSPACE: HOSPITALITY AND KEVIN LEE BURTON'S GOD'S LAKE NARROWS". Novel Alliances. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  6. L., Dowell, Kristin. Sovereign screens : aboriginal media on the Canadian West Coast. ISBN 0803245386. OCLC 859155627.
  7. "God's Lake Narrows". The Webby Awards. 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.