• Mia’

  • Biidaaban

  • Flood



Stop-Motion Storyteller Amanda Strong



In Person

  • Amanda Strong
  • Bracken Hanuse Corlett

Over the past decade, Michif (Métis) artist Amanda Strong has created an exceptional collection of animated films depicting Indigenous realities, stories, and dreams to build a compelling cinematic counterpoint challenging colonial histories of Indigenous peoples. Using stop-motion techniques to animate meticulously crafted three-dimensional puppets and objects, Strong creates magical worlds—uncanny mirrors to our own—in which her stories unfold. This program, presented in collaboration with her residency with UC Berkeley’s Arts Research Center, represents an extensive retrospective of her work and includes her collaborations with Wuikinuxv and Klahoose artist Bracken Hanuse Corlett, her partner in life and art. 

—Kate MacKay

Films in this Screening

Indigo

Amanda Strong, Bracken Hanuse Corlett, Canada, 2014

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • Color
  • 8 mins
source
  • Spotted Fawn Productions

Mia’
(Salmon)

Amanda Strong, Bracken Hanuse Corlett, Canada, 2015

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • Color
  • 8 mins
source
  • Spotted Fawn Productions

Ghost Food

Bracken Hanuse Corlett, Canada, 2017

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • B&W
  • 4 mins
source
  • Spotted Fawn Productions

Hipster Headdress

Amanda Strong, Canada, 2016

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • Color
  • 1 mins
source
  • Spotted Fawn Productions

Four Faces of the Moon

Amanda Strong, Canada, 2016

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • French
  • with English Subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • 14 mins
source
  • Spotted Fawn Productions

How to Steal a Canoe

Amanda Strong, Canada, 2016

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • Color
  • 4 mins
source
  • Spotted Fawn Productions

Flood

Amanda Strong, Canada, 2017

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • Color
  • 5 mins
source
  • Spotted Fawn Productions

Biidaaban
(The Dawn Comes)

Amanda Strong, Canada, 2017

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • Color
  • 20 mins
source
  • Spotted Fawn Productions

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