Beacon Project
The Beacon Project (2016 - 2022) was a series of multimedia creations in collaboration with Indigenous communities along The Great Trail—Metepenagiag First Nation, New Brunswick, Pasqua, Standing Buffalo, Sakimay and Cowessess First Nations, Saskatchewan and Fort Smith and Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories. A companion project to the feature documentary 500 Days in the Wild — the five-year, 24,000 km ecological and reconciliation pilgrimage of filmmaker Dianne Whelan — The Beacon Project engaged youth, artists, Elders and Grandmothers in a collaborative process of listening and sharing, asking the questions, What has been lost? What do we need to know? The films emerged out of shared reflection and dialogue, and are an honouring of signals, guides, warnings and celebrations as we continue our journey into the future.
You can now watch the three documentaries via CBC Gem:
Nia:wen, thank you Dianne Whalen, Ann Verrall, Elder Jane Dragon, Angus & Dorothy Beaulieu, Earl Evans, Lynn Napier, Dianne Dul, Lois Edge, Julie Beaver, Julie Lys, Elder Lorraine Yuzicapi, Elder Harold Henderson, Danna Henderson, Janine Windolph, Jhaik WindyHair, Holly Rae Yuzicapi, David Roman, Cecelia Brooks, Elder Howard Augustine, Elder Jeannie Bartibogue, Marie Kryszko, Sacred Wolf Singers. Thank you as well to Canada Council for the Arts, CBC Gem and all the organizations that supported this journey.