Indigenous Storytelling Panel

For this panel, we explore how storytelling is used across mediums, how different artforms provide different insight, and discuss the realities of contemporary Indigenous storytellers trying to tell their story to the world. The artists that will join us for this conversation are Isaiah Harris, Kel-C Jules and Gina Bussidor.

● Isaiah Harris:
Isaiah Harris is a screenwriter and comic book writer from the Stz’uminus First Nation on Vancouver Island. He has primarily worked on indigenous lead projects in various roles in film. He hopes to bring indigenous stories across multiple mediums, most recently starting production on a couple indigenous focused comics.

● Kel-C Jules:
Kel-c Jules is a Secwépemc artist residing in the traditional, unceded lands of Tk̓emlúps Te Secwépemc. A graduate of Thompson Rivers University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Jules explores a variety of mediums to create meaningful work rooted in culture, place, memory, and connection.

● Gina Bussidor:
Gina Bussidor is a Sayisi Dene First Nation filmmaker and documentary storyteller based in Kamloops, British Columbia. Her work spans photography, cinematography, editing, and directing, with a focus on honest, human-centered stories and Indigenous voices.

🎬 This event will include the short-film Akababuru: Expresión de asombro by the Indigenous writer-director Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí, from the Embera Chamí people (Indigenous people of Colombia).