imagineNATIVE. On screen protocols & pathways : a media production guide to working with first nations, Metis and Inuit communities, cultures, concepts & stories [book review]

Abstract

Book reviewed: imagineNATIVE. On Screen Protocols & Pathways: A Media Production Guide to Working with First Nations, Metis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts & Stories. Toronto: imagineNative, 2019,78 pages. -- On Screen Protocols & Pathways: A Media Production Guide to Working with First Nations, Metis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts & Stories is a comprehensive guide commissioned by imagineNATIVE, a non-profit institution based in Toronto, Ontario, that presents the world’s largest Indigenous film festival. The guide was prepared by consultant Marcia Nickerson and provides cultural principles, key findings from a national consultation process and best practices for filmmakers, production companies and funders, when depicting Indigenous content on-screen. It also explores how communities, organizations and individuals can act as collaborative partners, while providing practical steps and ongoing resources for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people wishing to engage with Indigenous stories. As the Director of Programming for The Documentary Media Society, a non-profit organization that produces an annual film festival called DOXA Documentary Film Festival, I will reflect on the educational and decolonial potential, as well as the limitations, of this guide through the lens of a film festival curator and non-profit arts manager, as well as from the perspective of a woman of mixed Icelandic and Métis heritage. [excerpt from the review].