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Memere Metisse

MEMERE METISSE (Janelle Wookey). 30 minutes. Friday (August 21), 9:30 pm.

The two-weekend-long Planet IndigenUs Festival, a cross-disciplinary event celebrating the world’s various indigenous people, wraps up this weekend at venues throughout the city. The film component is pretty strong. All screenings take place at Harbourfront’s Studio Theatre (235 Queens Quay West). See listings. Rating: NNN

Winnipeg-based 20-something Janelle Wookey’s engaging home video follows her attempts to get her grandmother, Cecile St. Amant, to acknowledge the Metis heritage she’s spent her entire life reflexively denying.

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This is basically just footage of a lot of good-natured cross-generational hectoring interrupted by the occasional testimony from a family member. It’s a good thing that Wookey – better known as the co-host of APTN’s Friday Night Flick – has such a lively, self-aware screen presence. Otherwise, she’d be really annoying.

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