An immersive, visceral music and cinema experience, Ever Deadly features Tanya Tagaq, avant-garde Inuk throat singer, and was created in collaboration with award-winning filmmaker Chelsea McMullan. This documentary explores Tagaq’s transformation of sound with an eye to colonial fallout, natural freedom and Canadian history.

We witness Tagaq’s intimate relationship with Nuna (the land) a living, breathing organism present in all forms of her improvised performances. Ever Deadly weaves concert footage with stunning sequences filmed on location in Nunavut, seamlessly bridging landscapes, stories and songs with pain, anger and triumph—all through the expressions of one of the most innovative musical performers of our time.

The Thursday, June 29 screening will be preceded by the short film Ancestral Threads.

Ancestral Threads | D. Sean Stiller | Canada | 2023 | 12 min

Joleen Mitton, a Néhiyaw woman and the founder of Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week (VIFW), shows how she builds community using fashion, as she works to undo years of trauma—in herself and others. Part of Season 2 of Hot Docs Citizen Minutes commissioned short film collection.

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FREE screening on June 21

Across the month of June, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples Month. Join us in discovering new voices, hearing new stories and sharing in community.