Red Dresses

This powerful short film pays tribute to the Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered in Canada. Through striking and evocative imagery, Red Dresses reflects on memory, loss, and the resilience of Indigenous communities in the face of this ongoing national tragedy.The film echoes a wider movement of remembrance and resistance, offering a visual space for healing, awareness, and honouring lives that must not be forgotten.

Directed by

Deanna Leon

2017 | 4 min | English (s.t. French)

Filmmaker’s country : Canada
Country of filming : Splatsin, Canada

Screening presented in partnership with Wapikoni Mobile.

*The screening will be followed by a discussion with Katherine Nequado, filmmaker, director of WAMIN (La Pomme), Anne-Michelle Roy, psychosocial counsellor from Tshuapamitin and Natanaël, counsellor and expert on the subject of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) from Tshuapamitin.

Friday, May 9

8 pm | Cinéma Public

7:45 pm Audience welcome
8 pm Screening begins

505 Jean-Talon St. E.
Montréal, QC
H2R 1T6

Free admission, subject to availability

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