First Stories - Hooked Up NDNs Online

Dysart, Jennifer, (film director.). Thompson, Bonnie, (film producer.). Mazur, Derek, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples have gathered together on Turtle Island, and today's modern world is no exception because it offers a new way of socializing - the Internet. Hooked Up is a fresh, inventive look at the Internet and asks us to consider this question: does the Web provide Indigenous people with a sense of community? This short film finds single mother Michelle plunging into the often humorous world of online dating. As a newcomer relating her experiences through a video diary, she navigates the ins and outs of everything from how to build an alluring profile to deciphering Internet chat slang, to getting her webcam to actually work! Along the way, Michelle learns that "Indians" (or NDNs) are, indeed, hooking up and reaching out - and friends are sometimes found in the least likely of places.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (6 min., 15 sec.) : sound
remote
access
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2011.
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

General Note:	Aboriginal filmmaker. Agency - English program:.North West Centre.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Jennifer Dysart ; director, Jennifer Dysart ; cinematographer, Lisa Fryklund ; sound recordist, Igal Petel, Mike Myrden ; picture editor, Brenda Terning ; sound editor, null Wolf Willow Sound ; producer, Bonnie Thompson ; executive producer, Derek Mazur.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2007.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).