Helen Haig-Brown Movies

Island of Haida Gwaii, northern Canada, 19th century. During a fishing gathering, Adiits'ii commits an unfortunate act. Tormented, he runs away to...

Kamala Todd's short film is a lyrical portrait of Cease Wyss, of the Squamish Nation. Wyss is a woman who understands the remarkable healing powers...

In this short documentary, a Musqueam elder rediscovers his Native language and traditions in the city of Vancouver, in the vicinity of which the...

A hunter on horseback accidentally discovers a portal to another world in this fantastical true Tsilhqot'in story.

This short impressionist documentary looks at the creation of a Button Blanket by integrating the performance of a traditional dance with the art of...

Deconstructing and reconstructing Cree narrative, this film experiments with language to create a linguistic soundscape.

The filmmaker traces the loss of her ancestral language over three generations of her family, and her own desire to recover it.

Retake follows the journey of co-directors Gwaai Edenshaw (Haida) and Helen Haig-Brown (Tsilhqot'in) as they work to produce The Edge of the Knife, a...

My Legacy follows Helen as she explores the often tenuous relationship between a mother and daughter made more complex by the legacy of residential...

In a disorienting haze of grief and guilt, a sister tries desperately to come to terms with losing her brother in a tragic car accident.