Writing the Land
(2007, 8 min.) CANADA
Director: Kevin Lee Burton (Swampy Cree)
Cinematographer: Helen Haig Brown (Tsilhqot'in)
In English and Hunkamenum.

Fluidly combining the language of film with the Hunkamenum language, Writing the Land celebrates Musqueam elder Larry Grant's experience of rediscovering his language and cultural traditions in the cityscape of Vancouver, where his people have lived for millenia.

Image credit: Kevin Lee Burton - courtesy of the filmmaker; Writing the Land. Pictured: Larry Grant. Photograph by Jeff Vinnick. © 2007 National Film Board of Canada. All rights reserved.