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Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement.

Using never-before-seen archival footage and audio recordings, Mohawk filmmaker Courtney Montour engages in a deeply personal conversation with the late Mohawk woman who challenged sexist and genocidal government policies that stripped First Nations women and children of their Indian status when they married non-Indian men.

Montour speaks with Cree activist Nellie Carlson, Mary’s lifelong friend and co-founder of Indian Rights for Indian Women, and meets with three generations in Mary’s kitchen in Kahnawàke to honour the legacy of a woman who galvanised a national network of allies to help restore Indian status to thousands of First Nations women and children.

 

  • Official SelectionAvailable Light Film Festival, Whitehorse, Canada (2022)

  • Winner - Best Documentary ShortAmerican Indian Film Festival (2021)

  • Winner - Documentary ShortimagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Toronto, Canada, (2021)

  • Winner - Best DirectorWeengushk International Film Festival (2021)

  • Official SelectionVancouver International Film Festival - Short Forum (2021)

  • Official SelectionEdmonton International Film Festival (2021)

  • Official Selection - ShortsHot Docs Film Festival (2021)

  • Official SelectionSt. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, NL, Canada (2021)

  • Official Selection - Documentary ShortsNew Orleans Film Festival (2021)

  • Official SelectionSalt Spring Film Festival, Salt Spring Island, Canada (2022)

  • Honourable MentionSkoden Indigenous Film Festival, Canada (2022)

  • Nomination - Indigenous AwardYorkton Film Festival, SK, Canada (2022)


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Documentaries Biography, Culture, History, Inspirational, Social issues English 2021 00:34:11 HD, SD English Via DICE

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