Episode 159: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast · Apr 20, 2021 · 28m

Kainai is the largest reserve in Canada. Since 2014, the community has lost hundreds of its members to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine. Every single member of the Kainai First Nation has been impacted by fentanyl- and addiction-related loss – which is the story in a lot of places all over the world. But Kainai’s approach to addiction is rooted in the Blackfoot word Kímmapiiyipitssini, which means “giving kindness to each other.”Celebrated filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers is a member of the Kainai First Nation, as well as Sámi from Norway. Her new film…