Filmmaker Jules Koostachin on Indigenous Generational Trauma & Healing With New Film "WaaPaKe"

'WaaPaKe' is directed by Jules Koostachin, who is also a subject in the film along side family and friends. The film is making its US Premiere as the the opening night presentation for the 2024 CASCADIA International Women's Film Festival.
Synopsis: For generations, the suffering of residential school Survivors has radiated outward, impacting Indigenous families and communities. Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin’s deeply personal documentary WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) moves beyond intergenerational trauma, with an invitation to unravel the tangled threads of silence and unite in collective freedom and power.
In this conversation, Jules talks with Thomas Stoneham-Judge about the making of this very personal documentary and the importance of awareness for the stories of survivors of the Canadian Indian residential school system. She discusses what healing looks like for indigenous descendants, and the significance of this film screening in the US as part of CASCADIA.
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Music featured in this video include the tracks "With Your Bad Self" by Adrian Crutchfield, licensed through Soundstripe.
Motion animation graphics designed by Thomas Stoneham-Judge.