VIFF Winner Marie Clements Unpacks Musical Doc ‘Reclaim My Skin,’ Made During a ‘Renaissance Time for Indigenous Filmmakers’

Clements’ feature ‘How We Stand’ won on Oct. 7 VIFF’s Arbutus Award, which recognizes British Columbia filmmaking

By Katherine Brodsky

Katherine Brodsky

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Métis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements brings her new three-part musical documentary series “Reclaim My Skin” to the Vancouver International Film Festival on Oct. 10, exploring how colonization has stripped Indigenous women and Two-Spirit people of their power and how they are reclaiming their voices through activism, politics and the arts.

The screening will come three days after Clements won a top prize at VIFF for feature “Where We Stand.”

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