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Jules Arita Koostachin is a Cree writer and filmmaker from Canada, most noted for her 2022 film Broken Angel (MaaShwaKan MaNiTo).
Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada and an award winning filmmaker who successfully completed her PhD with the Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia.
Jules Koostachin. Director: KaYaMenTa: Sharing Truths about Menopause. Born in Moose Factory Ontario, Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin was raised by her Cree speaking grandparents in Moosonee, and also with her mother in Ottawa, a warrior of the Residential school system.
- Actress, Director, Writer
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Jules Arita Koostachin Jules is a PhD candidate with the Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia. Her research focus is Indigenous...
- The Significance of My Cree Roots
- The Gift of Twins
- Why My Family’S Story Is Important
- The Making of Niisotewak
As a young person living part time in Moosonee (Moshkekowok territory) with my Cree grandparents, I understood the importance of what it meant to be a Moskeko Cree. My Moshoom (grandfather) was always out hunting and trapping and my Kokoom (grandmother) was at home creating crafts, such as moccasins, purses and mitts to sell to tourists. My childho...
My partner Kenneth (aka Jake) and I met in the spring of 2003. After a few years together, we participated in a Shaking Tentceremony in Toronto, where I asked if I was going to have another child. We were told that I would, very soon. A few months later, we learned I was expecting, and in 2006, we welcomed our twin boys Tapwewin and Pawaken. As a b...
In creating this light-hearted documentary, I wanted to provide a counter-narrative to the colonial one. I wanted children like mine to witness a positive story of Indigenous family life. With NiiSoTeWak, we are taking back our own story, and offering a story about Cree reality that celebrates our children. As Indigenous people, we are overwhelmed ...
Making this film as a family allowed Tapwewin and Pawaken to explore their identity as Cree twins in a safe place. Jake and my two older sons Asivak and Mahiigan were part of the documentary as well; the shared laughter between my children and their realizations about identity and individuality are forever imprinted in my mind and in my heart. I fe...
Mar 3, 2023 · It took some nudging to get filmmaker Jules Arita Koostachin to write what she knows. But once the Vancouver-based Cree writer/director/actor did, a story of survival and hope emerged. The...
Sep 26, 2023 · Jules Koostachin’s new film WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) explores what it was like to be raised by a residential school survivor. National Film Board of Canada. The film hears the stories of residential...
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