Documentary filmmaker Tasha Hubbard didn't know Colten Boushie, but when she heard about the killing of the young Indigenous man, it was all she could think about.
Boushie, a 22-year-old member of the Red Pheasant First Nation, died from a gunshot to the back of his head after the vehicle he was in with friends drove onto a rural farm property near Biggar, Sask., in August 2016.
She first felt grief for the family and then wondered, "What is this going to mean for the young boys in my life?" Hubbard ended up making a personal documentary about the case. "Nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up" makes its world premiere Thursday as the opening-night film for the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, which runs through May 5.Hubbard narrates and appears in the doc, which looks at the inequity and racism in the Canadian legal system that came to light through the trial, and the Boushie family's pursuit of justice.
Hubbard is from Peepeekisis First Nation in Treaty Four Territory and has ties to Thunderchild First Nation in Treaty Six Territory. Hubbard wasn't even looking to make a film when Boushie was killed. She had just finished the acclaimed documentary "Birth of a Family" and was busy with that, she noted.After speaking with the National Film Board of Canada, which produced "Birth of a Family," she realized her upbringing in Saskatchewan could help contribute to the doc as it looked at stereotypes, oppression and pervasive, ingrained thinking in the media, movies and education system.
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