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Ceremony

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When the ooligan vanishes from Bella Coola, its absence remains like a scar, pointing to a history that reaches far beyond the river. From ramshackled Nuxalk Radio, voices rise through crackling airwaves to trace the forces no one was meant to uncover. What begins as a local broadcast becomes an awakening as testimony, watercolor animation and rare archival weave a story of survival, return and the quiet revolution of a Nation that refuses to disappear.

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Paul Emmanuel Enicola The Movie Buff 18h
B
Doesn’t treat the missing fish as a tidy environmental mystery. Instead, it follows the absence outward until it touches almost everything: land, memory, ceremony, law, language, family, and the long work of refusing disappearance. Go to Full Review Angelo Muredda Film Freak Central May 9
3/4
The easygoing, unruffled, and erudite Qwaxw becomes not just a strong point of identification for the viewer, with his amiable tour of his family’s grease camp, but a compelling authorial stand-in for Hanuse as well. Go to Full Review Pat Mullen POV Magazine May 5
t’s a thoughtful character study rooted in concerns of the land and its history, driven by the voices of participants with real stakes in the rich cinematic geography it traverses. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Banchi Hanuse

Director

Banchi Hanuse

Producer

Luke Connor

Cinematographer

Jean-philippe Marquis

Cinematographer

Erin Cumming

Film Editor

Sarah Taylor

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Synopsis When the ooligan vanishes from Bella Coola, its absence remains like a scar, pointing to a history that reaches far beyond the river. From ramshackled Nuxalk Radio, voices rise through crackling airwaves to trace the forces no one was meant to uncover. What begins as a local broadcast becomes an awakening as testimony, watercolor animation and rare archival weave a story of survival, return and the quiet revolution of a Nation that refuses to disappear.
Director
Banchi Hanuse
Producer
Banchi Hanuse
Production Co
Smayaykila Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 23m