God(s): A User’s Guide: Film Series

Documentaries ask questions and provoke, peeling back layers in the process and revealing remarkable unscripted humanity. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition God(s): A User’s Guide, this film series focuses its lens on faith—is it a belief, a ritual or a science? Come and decide for yourselves.

In collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada.

Tales of Sand and Snow

It is said that the world’s religions share a common thread. Join Hyacinthe as he rediscovers traditional Animism in the heart of an Attikamek reserve in Quebec, and explores how it connects him to his African roots.

In a world in which values and traditions are disappearing, Hyacinthe is a Quebec immigrant trying to reconnect with his Gurman ethnicity and traditions. While learning about First Nations traditions inQuebec, he brings viewers along to the Aboriginal reserve of the Attikamek—who, like his own people, have a long tradition of Animism. This highlypersonal trip transports viewers both literally and figuratively into the heart of a forest of memory and tradition.

Concept and Creative Director: Hyacinthe Combary; Produced by Yves Bisaillon

National Film Board of Canada—2004; 50 minutes

Other films in the series:

Women of Faith . . . Workers for God

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Mystical Brain

Thursday March 22, 2012