Nuuca
2018
Nuuca is an evocative mediation revealing the connections between the rape of the earth and the violence perpetrated against Indigenous women and girls.
"Nuuca is an impassioned work of art..."
Pat Mullen - POV Magazine
"A harrowing and important tale of exploitation of both resources and people, the most chilling aspect of Latimer's film is the way the larger community turns a blind eye to the violence."
Courtney Small - In the Seats "Highlights from TIFF"
AWARDS
Winner: Blackstar Film Festival - Best Short Film
Short Listed for an International Documentary Association (IDA) Award
SELECTED FESTIVALS
2017 World Premiere - Toronto International Film Festival
2018 International Premiere - Sundance Film Festival
2018 European Premiere - Berlinale Generation +14
2017 - ImagineNATIVE Film & Media Festival - CANADA
2018 - MOMA - New Directors/New Films - USA
2018 - Planet in Focus - CANADA
2018 - London Shorts Festival - ENGLAND
2018 - Dallas International Film Festival - USA
CREDITS
Director: Michelle Latimer
Executive Producers: Laura Poitras, Charlotte Cook & Michelle Latimer
Producer: Catie Lamer
Cinematographer: Iris Ng
Editor: Katie Chipperfield
Composer: Laura Ortman
IN THE NEWS
The Intercept - A New Film Examines Sexual Violence as a Feature of the Bakken Oil Boom
The International Documentary Association - International Documentary Assoc. Awards Short List
Vogue - At Sundance Indigenous-Made Films Combat Hollywood Stereotypes
Variety - Sundance Announces 2018 Shorts Line Up
IndieWire - Sundance 2018 Shorts Line Up
POV Magazine - Indigenous Voices Rising: Michelle Latimer
The Gate - 40 Must See Shorts at Tiff 2017
Atlanta Film Society - Atlanta Film Festival Announces First 15 Films from 2018 Line Up
Women In Hollywood - Sundance 2018 Shorts Line Up is 52% Directed by Women
Vice - Native Artists are Fighting and Creating in the Shadow of #NoDAPL
Blackstar Film Festival - Blackstar Film Festival Announces 2018 Award Winners
Black Girl Nerds - Soveriegn Narratives: A Conversation with Nuuca Director Michelle Latimer
Anishinabek News - Human Rights Arts Festival Showcases Indigenous Short Films
The McGill Daily - Indigenous Resistance On Screen
Broadway World - Toronto Film Festival Announces Canadian Short Films Line Up
The Post Independent - Aspen Shorts Brings Four Film Programs to Carbondale