TINY

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY - DOXA Documentary Film Festival | BEST ANIMATED SHORT - American Indian Film Festival | BEST INDIGENOUS SHORT - Regina International Film Festival | BEST SHORT FILM - Portland Ecofilm Festival Indigenous Ways of Knowing • Elder Storytelling • Life Integrated with Nature • Childhood Memories Date of Completion: 2023 | Run Time: 16 minutes​​ | Language: English | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Co-Directors: Ritchie Hemphill & Ryan Haché | Producer: Ellen Reimer | Subject: Colleen Hemphill TINY is a contemplative stop motion film which tells the story of ‘Nakwaxda’xw Elder Colleen Hemphill’s childhood. The film portrays modern day Colleen as she reflects on her past, and re-enacts the stories she tells of her youth, as a young girl growing up on a float-house in the wild and unpredictable Pacific Northwest and its waters. As she retells her story, Colleen notices how different her way of life was when she was young, and how much more harmonious her