New course to explore impact of Indigenous film – Education News Canada

September 16, 2024

A new winter course will explore Indigenous cinema as an empowering medium and show Brock students how Indigenous filmmakers are “flipping the script” on Indigenous representation through their art, says Assistant Professor Lyn Trudeau.

A synchronous online offering from the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, WGST 3P79 Indigenous Film is also cross-listed with Dramatic Arts, English, Film and Indigenous Studies.

“Film was one of the first media that the masses got, and that was how it helped really shape the narrative of Indigenous folks,” says Trudeau. “There has been such a change with Indigenous people being in film – most importantly, being able to tell our own stories and having the autonomy to represent ourselves.”