2015 / 72:22 minutes / HD / Colour / English / French / Mohawk / Sámi / Anishinaabe / Inuktitut / Canada
A commission of: imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
Company: Microclimat Films
In Co-Production with: Violator Films, Unikkaat Studios, Skyworld Productions
The Embargo Project is an anthology of five short films by Canadian Indigenous women. The titles and artists include: Roberta by Caroline Monnet, Skyworld by Zoe Hopkins, BIHTTOŠ (REBEL) by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Intemperance by Lisa Jackson and Aviliaq (ENTWINED) by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril. Participating in a collective process, each director created a film under restrictions imposed on them by their peers, to push each artist into new creative territory.
Violator Films Inc is a Vancouver based independent film and television production company that has been telling maverick stories since 2007.