RESTLESS RIVER FILM PREMIERE: KINGSTON CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Thursday, March 4 at 7:00 pm
Livestream Q+A starts at 8:45 pm
Director: Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu
Featuring: Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, Magalie Lépine Blondeau, Mark Antony Krupa
Language: Inuktitut, English, French subtitled in English
Runtime: 98 minutes
Rating: most audiences; sexual violence
The Arnait Video team behind such remarkable past festival selections as BEFORE TOMORROW (KCFF09), directors Marie-Helene Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu match the high standards they set for themselves with this moving adaptation of a late work by Gabrielle Roy. RESTLESS RIVER tells the story of Elsa (Malaya Quanirq Chapman), a young Inuk woman in 1940s-era Kuujjuaq whose plans for her future are dashed when she is sexually assaulted by an American soldier. Yet for all the hardships Elsa faces as she raises a son who feels split between two different cultures, she becomes an emblem of courage and resilience in a changing world that can be both cruel and beautiful.
Engage for Change Kingston has worked with the Kingston Canadian Film Festival to support the following four films at this year's digital festival:
-Beans
-Call me human / Je m'applle humaine
-Spirit Bear & Children Make History
-Restless River
Use Promo code KCFF2021#E4C to get a 50% discount on tickets to these four films.*
*On first 100 tickets purchased
