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Janine Windolph
Janine Windolph is a filmmaker, educator and storyteller who’s currently working at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity as Director of Indigenous Arts.
She was formerly the Curator of Community Engagement at the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan, where she also worked as a Storykeeper, Education Program Assistant and Curator of Public Programs. Janine teaches beading, visual arts, photography, filmmaking, writing, storytelling and Indigenous iconography in schools, libraries and non-profits.
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First Stories - Life Givers: Honouring Our Elders and ChildrenJanine Windolph 2007 5 min"Some say when a child dies, you lose your future, and when an elder dies, you lose your past." Life Givers: Honouring Our Elders and Children is a poignant short film that testifies to the need to grieve and honour the memory of loved ones. -
Notre terre maternelleJanine Windolph 2023 27 minLa cinéaste et éducatrice Janine Windolph s’aventure de la Saskatchewan au Québec en compagnie de ses deux adolescents et de sa jeune sœur. Issus de la Première Nation crie de Waswanipi, les voyageurs souhaitent retrouver leurs origines familiales. Au cœur de la beauté naturelle de ces terres ancestrales, les personnes aînées de la famille et de la communauté savent nouer de nouveaux liens, favoriser l’apprentissage concret et transformer cette simple visite en une expression de réappropriation et de résilience empreinte de sensibilité. Avec tout l’amour possible, Notre terre maternelle déploie une forme de résistance venue du cœur pour affronter les conséquences de la fracture culturelle, se tourner vers la guérison et laisser place à la suite des choses.
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Stories Are in Our BonesJanine Windolph 2019 11 minIn this layered short film, filmmaker Janine Windolph takes her young sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother), a residential school survivor who retains a deep knowledge and memory of the land. The act of reconnecting with their homeland is a cultural and familial healing journey for the boys, who are growing up in the city. It’s also a powerful form of resistance for the women.
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Des histoires ancrées en nousJanine Windolph 2019 11 minUne mère emmène ses deux jeunes fils citadins à la pêche avec leur kokum (grand-mère) : cette simple excursion est une forme de résistance puissante qui recrée le lien qui les unit à la terre natale et les uns aux autres.
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Our Maternal HomeJanine Windolph 2023 27 minFilmmaker and educator Janine Windolph ventures from Saskatchewan to Quebec with her two teens and younger sister, tracing their familial origins to the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi. Against the scenic backdrop of these Traditional Lands, Elders offer newfound interdependence and hands-on learning, transforming this humble visit into a sensory-filled expression of reclamation and resilience. Our Maternal Home lovingly establishes a heart-centred form of resistance to confront and heal from the generational impacts of cultural disconnection, making space for what comes next.
