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Darryl Nepinak

Darryl Nepinak

An alumna of the Aboriginal Broadcasting Training Initiative, Darryl Nepinak made his first film, Last of the Nepinaks, in 2005. Since then the Salteaux/Cree filmmaker has earned acclaim on the festival circuit for satiric videos that riff on Indigenous representation and experience. With Zwei Indianer Aus Winnipeg, commissioned by imagineNATIVE in 2009, he borrows a German-language sixties novelty song to craft a madcap tale of ersatz “Indians.” NFB credits include My Indian Name (2006) and a series of shorts made for Here at Home (2012), a web documentary on homelessness. A mentor, curator and occasional performer, he is active with the Winnipeg Film Group and has hosted live events at the Plug In Institute for Contemporary Arts.

  • Here at Home: The Wound Inside
    Here at Home: The Wound Inside
    Darryl Nepinak 2012 3 min
    Lukas makes his rounds as a caseworker, delivering meds, gifts and good cheer to participants while exposing the dark history behind the addiction issues that plague Winnipeg's Aboriginal homeless population.

    This short film is a chapter from Here At Home, a web documentary about mental health and homelessness that takes us inside the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home pilot project.
  • First Stories - My Indian Name
    First Stories - My Indian Name
    Darryl Nepinak 2006 6 min
    This short film documents Darryl Nepinak's journey as he receives his Indian name, while exploring how traditional culture continues to shape and influence our modern sense of self. First Stories is an emerging filmmaker program for Indigenous youth which produced 3 separate collections of short films from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Produced in association with CBC, APTN, SCN, SaskFilm and MANITOBA FILM & SOUND.

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