Indigenous Plant Diva

Todd, Kamala, (film director.). Jacob, Selwyn, (film producer.). Fraticelli, Rina, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: In the language of the Squamish Nation, Cease Wyss was given the name 'T'Uy'Tanat', meaning "Woman who travels by canoe to gather medicines for all people." In director Kamala Todd's lyrical portrait, Wyss reveals the remarkable healing powers of plants growing among the sprawling urban streets of downtown Vancouver. Whether it's the secret curl of a fiddlehead, the gentleness of comfrey, or the blood red streaks of frog leaf, plants carry with them millennia of wisdom, communicated through colour, texture and form. Cease Wyss has been listening to this unspoken language, and is now passing this ancient and intimate sense of connection to her own daughter, Senaqwila.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (9 min., 10 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2017.
Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

General Note:	Aboriginal filmmaker (Metis-Cree) NFB's special programs:.Our City Our Voices. Agency - English program:.Pacific and Yukon Centre.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Kamala Todd ; director, Kamala Todd ; producer, Selwyn Jacob ; editor, Johnny Darrell ; cinematographer, Helen Haig-Brown ; composer, null takë5 ; sound designer, Jamie Mahaffey ; re-recording mixer, Jamie Mahaffey ; executive producer, Rina Fraticelli.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2008.
Target Audience Note:	12-18.
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 2024-07-01).