Call Me Human Screening and Q&A
February 5, 2021, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
When elders leave us, a link to the past vanishes along with them. Innu writer Joséphine Bacon exemplifies a generation that is bearing witness to a time that will soon have passed away. With charm and diplomacy, she leads a charge against the loss of a language, a culture, and its traditions. Her journey is documented by Kim O’Bomsawin in the film, Call Me Human (2020).
The First Nations House of Learning, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, and Language Sciences Initiative invites the UBC community to a free virtual screening of the documentary Call Me Human, followed by an online Q&A with the film's subject, Innu poet Joséphine Bacon, and director Kim O’Bomsawin, with discussant UBC Assistant Professor in Indigenous Creative Writing Billy-Ray Belcourt. The film will be available for viewing 24 hours before the online Q&A, which will take place on Friday, February 5th from 2-3pm.
Watch the film's trailer now (you can enable English subtitles by clicking 'CC' in the bottom right corner and selecting 'English (Canada)'.)
While the Q&A is open to everyone, the screening is only available to members of the UBC community.