Film Screening | MAKER OF MONSTERS: The Extraordinary Life of Beau Dick

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Monday, July 9th, 2018
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Film Screening | MAKER OF MONSTERS: The Extraordinary Life of Beau Dick

Monday, July 9, 7 pm

Avalon Cinema, Nanaimo

Tickets $20 Available at https://www.theatreone.org/

Maker of Monsters is an inspiring portrait of Beau Dick, a celebrated Kwakwaka’wakw artist and activist who worked with ancient traditions in a contemporary context. His powerful carvings resonated in his own remote community on the Northwest Coast of British Columbia, and drew attention and acclaim across Canada and internationally. As an activist, Dick called attention to colonial and environmental injustices, bringing his message to the legislature in Victoria, and to the steps of parliament in Ottawa, where he enacted a political protest infused with cultural and spiritual protocol. Filmed in the years leading up to his death in 2017, filmmakers LaTiesha Ti’si’tla Fazakas and Natalie Bolla create an intimate profile of this charismatic hereditary chief and share his profound legacy.

Maker of Monsters is presented in Nanaimo by Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre and TheatreOne. Proceeds from this event will go to support the work of our non-profit organizations.