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Boldly Supports Burrard Inlet Reclamation Film

Posted Feb. 11, 2022

Production has wrapped on "Our Grandmother The Inlet" - a short film directed by Kayah George (Tsleil-Waututh nation & Tulalip tribe) and Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos. The film explores the familial lineage and stories of the George family, whose land was taken and is now known as Vancouver's Burrard Inlet.

The film was shot on 16mm film by DOP Farhad Ghaderi and is slated to complete post production in 2022. Boldly's Shelby Manton and Angelica Stirpe were attached as producers on the film.

Photos below by Charlie Hannah.

Crew filming "Our Grandmother The Inlet"
Crew filming "Our Grandmother The Inlet"

Spoken in English and hən̓ q̓ əmin̓ əm, OUR GRANDMOTHER THE INLET is a short poetic documentary film featuring Kayah George, portraying the hardships of dealing with personal traumas and being an urban indigenous youth while holding love and intrinsic connection to the water and inlet known as their oldest grandmother in the Tsleil-Waututh Nation

Kayah George
Kayah George

The land now known as "Burrard Inlet"
The land now known as "Burrard Inlet"