Join us for a film screening on June 19 2025, @7pm. By Donation (you can get tickets in advance via the ticket link)
Hosted in collaboration with the Galiano Conservancy Association and the Yellowhouse Art Centre Society
Snk̛míp Dig Deeper
https://www.digdeeperfilm.ca
Feature-Length Documentary
A film by The Autonomous Sinixt and The Valhalla Foundation For Ecology filmed in Unceded Sinixt Territory
Through powerful storytelling and captivating visuals, this documentary sheds light on wetland restoration at a marsh and on reconciliation with the First People of the land, the Sinixt.
As an idealistic conservation group strives to restore a damaged wetland and tensions escalate with local off-road motorized users, an unexpected revelation uncovers the site's ancient Indigenous heritage, propelling them on a transformative journey of reconciliation with the Sinixt People and reshaping perspectives on land stewardship. The film is co-directed by Matriarch, Autonomous Sinixt Marilyn James and Lorna Visser, director of Valhalla Foundation for Ecology.
Snk'mip Dig Deeper is not your typical nature film. While celebrating life at a marsh and documenting techniques to restore wetland habitat, this documentary also delves into the social issues that arise when motorized-recreation areas are reclaimed for nature. Snk'mip Dig Deeper explores what happens when a settler-run conservation organization learns it is restoring a site that was in fact an ancient Indigenous village. With that knowledge comes the responsibility to 'dig deeper' to learn about the land's deeper history. The film explores how the Sinixt (the First People of the land, in what settlers call the southeastern part of BC) were dispossessed and declared extinct, how they are working toward resurgence, and explores settlers' responsibility to work as allies for justice and reconciliation.
Our events are being held on the unceded, asserted & shared traditional territories of Penelakut, Lamalcha, Hwlitsum and other Hul’qumi’num and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples, Coast Salish Peoples of Galiano, as well as the ceded territories of Tsawwassen First Nation, on what is now known as Galiano Island.
Supported by CRD Arts & Culture, BC Arts Council and the Province of British Columbia.
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