18th Annual DOXA Documentary Film Festival Returns May 2 to 12
(Community Announcement by the DOXA Documentary Film Festival)
With screenings, panels, parties and more, DOXA 2019 delivers a wealth of programming over eleven jam-packed days. On May 3, DOXA kicks off with Because We Are Girls, local filmmaker Baljit Sangra’s courageous new film celebrating the strength of sisterhood in the face of profound pain and trauma. DOXA marks the 10th anniversary of the Justice Forum with a special gala presentation on May 8 of nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, a detailed examination of the Colten Boushie case and race relations on the prairies by Indigenous filmmaker and scholar Tasha Hubbard. Closing the festival on May 11, Hepi Mita’s Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen is a tender posthumous tribute to his mother Merata Mita, the first Māori woman — and one of the first Indigenous women in the world — to write and direct a narrative feature film.
ACCESS:
May 2nd through May 12, VIFF's Vancity Theatre, SFU Woodwards, Pacific Cinematheque, Museum of Vancouver, Playhouse Theatre Ticket Info: Tickets $13-18, available online at www.doxafestival.ca
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