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Walking Through the Fire won “Best Musical Film” and “Best Soundtrack” at the Cannes World Film Festival.Presented by Westworth United Church and Sultans of String
Doors: 5:00 pm, Film: 5:30 pm
This a free screening with donations taken at the door :)
Walking Through the Fire: Visual Album is a visually stunning and transformative blend of interviews and music video that brings the magic of collaboration to the screen, with award-winning First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists from across Turtle Island working together with 3x JUNO nominees and Billboard charting Sultans of String to create something extraordinary.
The Winnipeg Premiere will feature opening remarks with filmmaker/Sultans of String producer Chris McKhool, and a Q&A after the film with members of the band. Prepare to be absorbed by the captivating synergy and power of Walking Through the Fire as it takes you on a journey where cultures collide, boundaries dissolve, and the universal language of music unites us all.From Métis fiddling to an East Coast Kitchen Party, rumba to rock, to the drumming of the Pacific Northwest, experience the beauty and diversity of music from Turtle Island with Elder and poet Dr. Duke Redbird, the Métis Fiddler Quartet, Ojibwe/Finnish Singer-Songwriter Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan), Coast Tsm’syen Singer Shannon Thunderbird, The North Sound from the Prairies, Blues singer Crystal Shawanda, Heavy-Wood guitarist Don Ross, Northern Cree pow wow group, Dene singer-songwriter Leela Gilday, Inuit Throat Singers and more, in this musical film experience unlike any other.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Westworth United Church, 1750 Grosvenor Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3N 0H9, Canada
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