WHAT WE CARRY - Jessie Anthony, Kat McDermott, Bracken Burns, Willow Auguer & Katrinka Scott Interview

Lucas Anders interviews Jessie Anthony (director), Kat McDermott (producer), Bracken Burns (producer), Willow Auguer (junior producer) & Katrinka Scott (producer) about the documentary WHAT WE CARRY. See it as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) on Tuesday September 30th @ 3:30 PM at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. There will be a Q&A following this screening with producers/subjects Bracken Burns, Kat McDermott, and Willow Auguer, and writer & subject Katrinka Scott. This film contains discussions of abuse and trauma sustained by residential school survivors.

WHAT WE CARRY... In 1963, a restless Jennifer Notley spots an ad in a teacher’s magazine for a position in Northern Alberta. She leaves her life in England and arrives by bush plane to Wabasca-Desmarais—an isolated place with bad roads, no electricity, limited services, and a residential school. Jennifer taught 5 years at Desmarais Indian Residential School as it transitioned from a residential school to a day school. In 2022, her daughter Katrinka and granddaughter Bracken return to this beautiful northern lakeside community in the heart of Treaty 8 territory (one of the largest Treaty Nations in Canada) with questions, carrying a trunk full of history. Kat McDermott and Willow Auger, both members of the Bigstone Cree nation, introduce Bracken and Katrinka to the community. Together, they open the trunk and open the doors to discovery.

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