Nationality Blackfoot-Sami | Known for Filmmaker, Actor | |
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Nominations Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary Awards Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Movies Another Cinderella Story, A Red Girl's Reasoning, On the Farm, Rebel, Not Indian Enough Similar Alex Zahara, Damon Santostefano, Jessica Matten, Rachel Talalay, Christian Sloan | ||
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Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, also known as Máijá Tailfeathers, is a Blackfoot and Sami actor, producer, filmmaker and curatorial assistant from the Kainai First Nation. She divides her time between Vancouver Canada, the Blood Reserve and Sapmi territory in Norway.
Contents
- Film screenings banchi hanuse and elle m ij tailfeathers
- On the farm official trailer 1 2016 elle m ij tailfeathers sarah strange movie hd
- Career
- Bloodland
- A Red Girls Reasoning
- Bihtto
- References
Her work has garnered attention for its focus on representations of women of colour, and her thematic focus on First Nations subjects and issues. Tailfeathers explores "innovative means of telling stories through mediums including narrative fiction, docudrama, documentary, mockumentary, and experimental film." Her film projects are usually fully staffed with Indigenous cast and production members, reflecting her emphasis on engaging with First Nations and Indigenous filmmakers. She has won and been nominated for awards at various international film festivals, and has been recognized for her work rooted in social justice. Notable recognition has included receiving a Kodak Image Award, the Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award as an emerging filmmaker. She is included in CBC's "Young Indigenous Leaders: 5 Under 30 To Watch in 2015."
One of her primary focuses as a filmmaker is activism and social justice and approaches film as a way to “use it as a form of nonviolent direct action against issues like violence against women and degradation of Indigenous land.” Her film and activist pursuits focus on issues that directly relate to and affect Indigenous women and communities.
Tailfeathers is active in advocating for issues affecting First Nations communities. In 2011, she was arrested for a participating in a peaceful blockade at the entrance of a drilling site in the Blood Reserve in Alberta.
On the farm official trailer 1 2016 elle m ij tailfeathers sarah strange movie hd
Career
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers studied acting at the Vancouver Film School, and graduated in 2006. She then moved on to the University of British Columbia where she would graduate with a degree in First Nations Studies and a minor in Women and Gender studies in 2011.
After acting for a period of time, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers shifted her filmmaking focus onto behind the camera work. During her time at the University of British Columbia she started to use film equipment and editing software.
Bloodland
Bloodland (2011) is an experimental short film that offers a commentary on fracking practices in Canada and across the world. It can be found on YouTube, where it was made public in 2013 in solidarity with the Idle No More movement. The short film uses metaphoric imagery of a woman being held down and drilled into as a comment on the current fracking practices in Canada. This project was funded by the Blood Tribe Chief and Council through a distribution cheque, and as a result was indirectly funded by the proceeds of various gas and oil companies, as well as KRI Resources. The film was well received at its premier in Lethbridge, and was the subject of a greater national debate regarding the practice of fracking in Indigenous lands.
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A Red Girl's Reasoning
A Red Girl's Reasoning (2012) is a short film that was created in response to the growing numbers of murdered and missing indigenous women in Canada. This film centres around a survivor of sexual assault and her quest to bring justice to the attackers of her fellow women. While originally a short film, it is currently in the process of expanding into a feature film. This film was the winner of the 2012 Vancouver Crazy8s Competition, where filmmakers were challenged to create a film in under eight days.
Bihttoš
Bihttoš (2015) is an experimental and unconventional documentary where a young woman (Tailfeathers) explores her complex "relationship with her father through an examination of family photos and the family lore surrounding her parents’ courtship and marriage." Bihttoš combines "animation, re-enactments, and archival photos, [and] delves into the dissolution of her parents' mythic love story and how it has coloured her perception of love in her adult life."
"Bihttoš first screened at theimagineNATIVE film festival in 2014 and it has been winning accolades ever since."