Helen Haig-Brown
{{Short description|Canadian filmmaker}}
Helen Haig-Brown is a Tsilhqot'in filmmaker[http://okanaganlife.com/people-on-the-pipeline-films-screened-in-kelowna/ "“People on the Pipeline” films screened in Kelowna"]. Okanagan Life, January 2, 2015[https://web.archive.org/web/20150730204432/http://thetfs.ca/article/evolution-indigenous-filmmaking/ "Evolution in Indigenous filmmaking"].. Toronto Film Scene, by Prerana Das | October 20, 2014 working primarily with indigenous and First Nations themes.[https://books.google.com/books?id=zZsAAQAAQBAJ&dq=Helen+Haig-Brown&pg=PA156 Sovereign Screens: Aboriginal Media on the Canadian West Coast] By Kristin L. Dowell Many of these derive from her maternal roots in the Tsilhqot'in First Nation.
Early life and education
Helen Haig-Brown is from the Yunesit'in community of the Tsilhqot'in Nation in British Columbia, Canada. She is the granddaughter of naturalist Roderick Haig-Brown[http://rabble.ca/news/2014/01/its-living-and-breathing-this-generation-conversation-helen-haig-brown "'It's living and breathing in this generation': A conversation with Helen Haig-Brown"]. Rabble, By Christina Turner| January 30, 2014. and daughter of Alan Haig-Brown. She graduated from the Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking (IIDF) program{{Cite web|url=http://filmcatalog.nmai.si.edu/person/3462/|title=Helen Haig-Brown {{!}} National Museum of the American Indian|website=filmcatalog.nmai.si.edu|access-date=2016-11-24|archive-date=2016-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314000514/http://filmcatalog.nmai.si.edu/person/3462/|url-status=dead}} at Capilano University.[http://www.wltribune.com/community/248576721.html "My Legacy screens Saturday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035752/http://www.wltribune.com/community/248576721.html |date=2016-03-04 }}. Williams Lake Tribune, Gaeil Farrar, March 5, 2014
Career in film
Haig-Brown's short drama The Cave (?E?Anx) received funding from the National Film Board and BC Native Arts Council.Scott A. Gray, [http://exclaim.ca/film/article/sci-fi_out_there_2 "Sci-Fi: Out There"]. Exclaim!, June 1, 2010. It was selected for screening at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and at Berlinale 2010.[http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/01/31/tsilhqotin-helen-haig-brown-splashes-sundance-14833 Tsilhqot’in Helen Haig-Brown Splashes at Sundance – ICTMN.com] In 2009 ?E?Anx was named one of Canada's Top Ten Short Films by the Toronto International Film Festival.
Haig-Brown has directed a number of independent documentary films as well as serving as director of photography on others. She contributed to the Knowledge Networks series Our First Voices, with three scripted and directed works in addition to serving as director of photography on the work of colleagues.[http://www.knowledge.ca/program/our-first-voices-shorts Our First Voices – Shorts | Knowledge Network] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227102442/http://knowledge.ca/program/our-first-voices-shorts |date=2012-12-27 }} A recent collaboration with her aunt Dr. Celia Haig-Brown of York University resulted in Pelq'ilc, an account of the Secwepemc Nation's language revitalization programs.[http://edu.yorku.ca/2012/05/pelqilc-coming-home/ Pelq’ilc: Coming Home | Faculty of Education] Earlier works included Su Naa (My Big Brother) (2005) which she wrote and directed.{{Cite web |url=http://www.isuma.tv/hi/en/imaginenative/su-naa-my-big-brother |title=Su Naa (My Big Brother) {{!}} IsumaTV |access-date=2012-12-28 |archive-date=2011-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131093311/http://www.isuma.tv/hi/en/imaginenative/su-naa-my-big-brother |url-status=dead }} She completed a feature film, My Legacy, examining the universal and personal theme of mother-daughter relations.[http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/film-festival/victoria-film-festival-an-enduring-attraction-in-the-download-age-1.1752955 "Victoria Film Festival an enduring attraction in the download age"]. Michael D. Reid / Times Colonist, February 4, 2015.[http://www.timescolonist.com/sneak-peek-at-victoria-film-fest-opening-gala-to-feature-boychoir-1.1690733 "Sneak peek at Victoria film fest: Opening gala to feature Boychoir"]. Michael D. Reid / Times Colonist, December 19, 2014. The film was screened at the Victoria Film Festival,[http://coastalspectator.ca/?p=4071 "Women’s voices dominate film festival’s Indigenous program"]. Coastal Spectator, February 11, 2015 and was shown on the APTN Network in 2014.[http://muskratmagazine.com/my-legacy-interview-with-courageous-filmmaker-helen-haig-brown/ "My Legacy Interview with Courageous Filmmaker Helen Haig-Brown"]. Muskrat Magazine, February 05, 2014 The film is supported by an interactive web page.
The film Edge of the Knife, co-directed by Haig-Brown and Gwaai Edenshaw, premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/the-new-era-of-indigenous-cinema-unreserved-heads-to-tiff-1.4820899/first-feature-film-shot-in-haida-premieres-at-tiff-1.4822678 "First feature film shot in Haida premieres at TIFF"]. Unreserved, September 14, 2018. The film was named to the Canada's Top Ten list for 2018,[https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/tiff-canadas-top-ten-2018/ "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year"]. Now, December 5, 2018. and the duo won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director of a Canadian Film.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2019/01/08/haida-language-mystery-thriller-edge-of-the-knife-named-top-canadian-feature-film.html "Vancouver Film Critics Circle names Edge of the Knife top Canadian feature film"]. Toronto Star, January 8, 2019.
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References
- [http://aptn.ca/reelinsights/more-insight/helen-haig-browns-legacy/ Reel Insights | Helen Haig-Brown’s Legacy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401233817/http://aptn.ca/reelinsights/more-insight/helen-haig-browns-legacy/ |date=2015-04-01 }}
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Category:First Nations filmmakers
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