Film Screening and Q & A: Walking Through The Fire
12:30 PM on Saturday Apr. 5th
Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank Street
Price: $10
12:30 PM on Saturday Apr. 5th
Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank Street
Price: $10
As part of the 20th anniversary celebrations for the Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMA), the Mayfair Theatre will present Sultans of String’s film, 'Walking Through The Fire' on Saturday, April 5 at 12:30 pm (doors open at noon). Winner of 'Best Musical Film' and 'Best Soundtrack' at the Cannes World Film Festival, this powerful film is a collaboration with award-winning First Nations, Métis and Inuit musicians from across the country in performance with 6-time CFMA winners Sultans of String. The group is nominated for Ensemble of the Year at this year's Canadian Folk Music Awards.
This special screening is open to the public and will include a Q&A session with Sultans of String band leader Ottawa-born Chris McKhool and other participants Marc Meriläinen, Shannon Thunderbird and Josée Bourgeois. A central theme running through this 80-minute film is the need for the truth of Indigenous experience to be told before reconciliation can begin in earnest.
From Métis fiddling to an East Coast Kitchen Party to the drumming of the Pacific Northwest, experience beautiful, diverse music from Elder and poet Dr. Duke Redbird, The Métis Fiddler Quartet, Ojibwe/Finnish singer-songwriter Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan), Coast Tsm’syen singer Shannon Thunderbird, The North Sound from the Prairies, blues singer Crystal Shawanda, 'heavy wood' guitarist Don Ross, Dene singer-songwriter Leela Gilday, Inuit throat singers, and a Northern Cree pow wow group.
Tickets are $10 at https://tinyurl.com/WalkingFilmOttawa and at the door.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/share/18G4pDeR4D
Two-minute film trailer: https://youtu.be/wWSZUduo5Kk
This special screening is open to the public and will include a Q&A session with Sultans of String band leader Ottawa-born Chris McKhool and other participants Marc Meriläinen, Shannon Thunderbird and Josée Bourgeois. A central theme running through this 80-minute film is the need for the truth of Indigenous experience to be told before reconciliation can begin in earnest.
From Métis fiddling to an East Coast Kitchen Party to the drumming of the Pacific Northwest, experience beautiful, diverse music from Elder and poet Dr. Duke Redbird, The Métis Fiddler Quartet, Ojibwe/Finnish singer-songwriter Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan), Coast Tsm’syen singer Shannon Thunderbird, The North Sound from the Prairies, blues singer Crystal Shawanda, 'heavy wood' guitarist Don Ross, Dene singer-songwriter Leela Gilday, Inuit throat singers, and a Northern Cree pow wow group.
Tickets are $10 at https://tinyurl.com/WalkingFilmOttawa and at the door.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/share/18G4pDeR4D
Two-minute film trailer: https://youtu.be/wWSZUduo5Kk