Jeremy Dutcher and Alanis Obomsawin | VIFF Live | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | October 4, 2024 “We’re in the presence of Indigenous royalty,” said Jeremy Dutcher. Renowned Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, 92 years young, made a rare appearance to perform songs from Bush Lady, her only record, which has been performed live just three times since its release in 1988. As Obomsawin took the stage in a bright red dress, the crowd rose to their feet to pay their respects. Accompanied by a talented ensemble of musicians, she sang with a depth of emotion that only her
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Elisapie’s Uvattini fills the Chan Centre with beautiful language and landscapes
Uvattini | Elisapie | VIFF Live | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | September 28, 2024 The breathtaking beauty of landscape and language fills the theatre as Elisapie swishes her long, large-shouldered, fringed dress and sings covers of popular songs in Inuktitut while footage of Nunavik fills a screen behind her. The multimedia show is moving, deeply personal, and full of powerful songs, “not just songs I stole from white people,” Elisapie laughs. After opening with “Uummati Attanarsimat” (Heart of Glass by Blondie) and “Taimangalimaaq” (Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper) from her latest album Inuktitut, which was shortlisted