White Noise
An actor/spoken word artist/activist with a fondness for skateboarding, Kootenhayoo was most recognized for his role as Niki in Bella Ciao! The 2018 indie film is about Latin American, First Nations, and Italian communities around Commercial Drive in East Vancouver. When the movie premiered at the Whistler Film Festival in 2018, Kootenhayoo was named one of four “stars to watch.” In 2019, he won the Sam Payne Award for the Most Promising Newcomer at the Jessie Awards.
Co-produced by the Firehall and Savage Society, was workshopped in 2018 at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster and at the Talking Stick Festival.“We’re looking at the idea of this videogame that one of the characters creates,” Morriseau said. “We talk a lot about culture-jamming and memes and social media, and how young people have their fingers on the pulse of social marketing and media and all of the stuff that they’re navigating. I’m not a teenager, I’m a grandmother.
She also worked with the young actor on a short film when she was teaching in the film department at Capilano. “He’s always been in the community and very present and very much about creating art. Or skateboarding. And bringing people together in such beautiful ways. I’m very honoured to be part of the beginnings of .”
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