Screening times:
Wednesday, April 16, 7:00 PM
Doors open at 6:00 PM!
Jeff Barnaby | Canada, Mi'kma'ki | 2013 | 88m
English and Mi'kmaq with English subtitles
with Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, Glen Gould, Brandon Oakes, Mark Antony Krupa, Roseanne Supernault
Hellifax Horror Fest invites all to join us for a special screening of Rhymes For Young Ghouls by the late, great Jeff Barnaby! Come see this masterwork of contemporary Canadian cinema with an audience on the big screen! This screening is a special presentation as part of National Canadian Film Day celebrations.
Indigenous vendors will be in attendance before the show (6:00 PM - 7:00 PM) to sell their artisanal goods, and there will be a post-screening discussion with Indigenous scholars and film aficionados!
Carbon Arc is excited to provide a venue for Hellifax Horror Fest's National Canadian Film Day screening of Rhymes For Young Ghouls!
Rhymes for Young Ghouls is set on the fictional Red Crow Mi'kmaq reservation in the year 1976.
By government decree, every Indigenous child under the age of 18 must attend residential school. In the kingdom of the crow, that means imprisonment at St. Dymphna’s, leaving children at the mercy of “Popper” (Mark Antony Krupa), the sadistic agent who runs the school.
At 15, Aila (Kawennáhare Devery Jacobs) is the weed princess of Red Crow. Hustling with her uncle Burner (Brandon Oakes), she sells enough dope to pay Popper her “truancy tax,” keeping her out of St. D’s. But when Aila's drug money is stolen and her father Joseph (Glen Gould) returns from prison, the precarious balance of Aila’s world is destroyed. Her only options are to run or fight... and Mi’kmaq don’t run.
"Jeff Barnaby‘s debut feature is impressive for its atmospheric evocation of its little-seen milieu and boasts a terrific performance by Devery Jacobs in the central role." - The Hollywood Reporter
"Writer-director Barnaby weaves a surprising amount of tenderness into the fabric of violence, as well as a good measure of magic realism, to keep the gritty story engaging. Its most potent weapon, however, is Jacobs, a remarkably self-possessed actress whose fearless performance brings to mind a younger (Elliot) Page." - Michael Rechtschaffen, LA Times
Winner: Best Canadian First Feature - Vancouver International Film Festival, 2013
Winner: Best Actor (Glen Gould); Best Director - American Indian Film Festival 2014
Winner: Best Director of a Canadian Film - Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2014
Winner: Film Award of Excellence (Roseanne Supernault) - Red Nation Film Festival
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