Film Screening: Deer Woman

Presented by the Chan Centre in partnership with The Cinematheque

“My name is Lila and I am a proud Blackfoot woman. What I am doing is illegal.” So begins Deer Woman, a solo-warrior-woman story of righteous vengeance adapted from Ntlaka’pamux playwright Tara Beagan’s one-performer drama and created by ARTICLE 11, an Indigenous-run arts and activist organization based in Calgary. Lila, one missing girl’s big sister, refuses to stand idly by. She’s ex-army and the daughter of a hunter who taught her all he knew. When circumstances converge, Lila finds the perfect opportunity to avenge her baby sister’s murder while exercising the skills taught by the Canadian government. Starring Blackfoot performer Cherish Violet Blood. (Note adapted from National Arts Centre, Ottawa)

Advisory: Contains extreme, graphic historical and contemporary violence, disturbing content, and descriptions of sexual violence.

Article 11. Directed by Tara Beagan, Andy Moro, 2020, 80 min

Cinematheque Film Screenings: This event is part of a series of film screenings that have been curated to accompany Chan Centre performances. Deer Woman is presented in conjunction with the Decolonize the Chan series: Leonard Sumner (March 5), Elisapie (March 11), Moe Clark: Feast the Invisible (March 25)