Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)

Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) | Full Film

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5 жыл бұрын

In this mesmerizing stop-motion short film from acclaimed director Amanda Strong, an Indigenous youth joins forces with a 10,000-year-old Sasquatch to revive ceremonial sap harvesting in suburban Ontario.
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In Amanda Strong’s astonishing short film, Biidaaban sets out to harvest sap from sugar maples in urban Ontario neighbourhoods. The practice of harvesting sap to create syrup goes back to time immemorial for the Anishinaabe, people but the lands have since been covered over by urban development and occupation. Biidaabaan can see the traces of the people, creatures, land and time as they work to continue in their ancestors’ movements.
Biidaaban is a young Anishinaabe gender non-binary person that can see through multiple dimensions while existing and moving in their present time and space. They are sometimes accompanied by their friend Sabe (a 10,000-year-old shape shifter who some have called a Sasquatch), Ghost Caribou, and Ghost Wolf - but only Biidaaban can see them. They act as reminders of what exists in this space and provide lessons about honesty, humility and working for the people.
In this short stop-motion animated film, time will freeze and warp. We see echoes from the past, but we remain steadfast in the present. The neighbourhood acts as both a settler compound and an Indigenous space. Biidaaban must overcome their fear of getting caught while harvesting sap from the trees. Who owns these trees? Who has the right to use them? Although Biidaaban appears to be alone, they are surrounded by spirits and fused with the collective.
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Пікірлер: 23

@biidaabanreinhardt4000 4 жыл бұрын

My name is Biidaaban, I have never met another person with my name before and suddenly I find this film. I am in awe, this is amazing. Miigwech!

@EastlakeRasta7 4 жыл бұрын

Same here

@kaidenvi 3 жыл бұрын

i think the most powerful scene was the last, when the world was split into three and showed our main characters in the middle. it really showed what their struggle was; trying to maintain tradition in a world that has become hostile towards it in search of change. i really enjoyed this. thank you

@marnacarroll8702 5 жыл бұрын

simply astonishing and beautiful. A work that sums up both the definition and process of decolonization.

@Northsider102 3 жыл бұрын

Profoundly beautiful. Can't watch it enough. I wish it were longer but it was likely exhausting just to produce 20 minutes. Chi-Migwetch!!

@midnighthistle 3 жыл бұрын

Until I read the description I thought this film was the story of the spirit of sap from maple trees and their haunting/choosing of this one person to collect and continue the tradition of maple syruping/sugar bush. Kind of like, the spirit of sugar bush/maple syruping or really, the sap of the maple tree needs a human to practice. So the spirit chose this person and this was their story. Loved it!!!