Rhonda Lee McIsaac In a new 16-minute film Haida director and animator Waats’daa Christopher Auchter brings his gift of storytelling through visual arts to the screen once again. Now is the Time is a re-telling and re-righting of the original This Was the Time, a 1970 National Film Board (NFB) Read more…
On this day 50 years ago Haida raised the first gya’aang cedar monument at Gaw Tlagee in close to a century. The day marked the resurgence of a carving tradition Haida have developed since the first ts’uu Red cedar arrived in Haida Gwaii. Guud sans glans Robert Davidson carved the Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac A Haida animator who worked on Black Panther is celebrating the movie’s seven Oscar nominations. Gin K’alang Gayaa Josh Samuels was the lead roto animator for Marvel’s 1.3-billion-dollar box office smash. The work has not slowed down for Gin K’alang Gayaa. “It’s so amazing the movie is Read more…
Submitted by Gwaliga Hart “Giving Back The Name With Respect” is a 23 minute documentary that tells the historic story of the colonial name, Queen Charlotte Islands, being respectfully given back to the Crown by the Haida Nation at a ceremony held in Gaw Old Massett, Haida Gwaii on June Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac “He was born with a pencil in his hand,”said Taaw Guuda Ista Jaad Veronica Williams, of her son Gin K’alang Gayaa Joshua Samuels, who is lead roto animator for Marvel’s highly-anticipated movie, Black Panther. His name means “good artist” and he is well on his way to Read more…
Graham Richard — “With Haida stories, I want to say ‘this is how we see the world,’” said Haida animator, writer, and director Waats’daa Christopher Auchter. “We have a unique story to tell.” An audience of kids and fun adults packed the room tightly at Gina Guu Aahljuu Naay Performance House Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Language preservation, storytelling and children go hand-in-hand when education and culture intersect at an elementary level. From an Indigenous perspective, this has always been a way to teach – by watching, listening and doing. In the spring of 2018, CBC is preparing to air a pilot TV Read more…
Graham Richard — Haida animator, writer, and director Waats’daa Christopher Auchter celebrated the debut of his film The Mountain of SGaana at the Ottawa International Animation Festival this September 23th and 24th. The animated short borrows elements from the story of Naa-Naa-Simgat, a classical hero who travels to the depths Read more…
Graham Richard — A new film premiered on Haida Gwaii about a new name’s return and an old name’s reestablishment. Director Gwaliga Hart’s new film ‘Giving Back the Name with Respect’ premiered at the Haida Heritage Centre at Kay Llnagaay and Tluu Xaadaa Naay April 8 and 9. The 23-minute Read more…