Dr. Shirley Cheechoo is an award-winning Canadian Cree filmmaker, director, writer, actor and visual artist.
Ahead of the Weengushk International Film Festival, the Canadian Cree actor and filmmaker joins Q’s Tom Power to talk about giving back to her community and finding healing through art.Dr. Shirley Cheechoo: Why overcoming the residential school legacy is the job of warriors
" is where I gained all my invaluable support and resources that I needed to come out of the place where I was — I was in a very dark place," Dr. Cheechoo tells. "I was able to showcase my work there, I collaborated with everybody and we learned from each other, and made everything possible for us.", which screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival.that saved her life and really made her reflect on the power of art as medicine.
"Every time I did the play, I thought, 'I'm healing, I'm healing! I will never have to deal with this again,'" she says. "And that wasn't the case…. It never leaves you." Next month, her Weengushk Film Institute is holding its annual international film festival on Ontario's Manitoulin Island , along with a special event called Blanket of Stars: A Tribute to Resilience , dedicated to Canada's residential school survivors — or as Dr. Cheechoo calls them, residential school warriors.
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