Marjorie Beaucage (born 1947) is a Métis activist filmmaker and
teacher from Manitoba.Beaucage was born in Vassar, Manitoba in 1947.
She obtained a degree in education from the University of Brandon and
studied film at Ryerson University.Beaucage spent 25 years in adult
education and community organizing before turning to film in her
40s.:342 Her documentary films are often collaborative in nature and
have reflected the participation of Indigenous peoples in political
forums, conferences, local activism, and community events. Her 1997
film Ntapueu... i am telling the truth followed the environmental
impact work of the Innu Nation regarding a mining project in
Labrador's Voisey's Bay. She was invited by the Innu to capture their
work following her documentation of the efforts of elders in northern
Saskatchewan during a 1992 Wiggins Bay blockage in opposition to the
province's clearcutting policies :342In 2017 Beaucage released Coming
In Stories: Two Spirit in Saskatchewan in an attempt to raise
awareness about the experiences of two-spirit individuals in
Saskatchewan. The coordinator of OUTSaskatoon and a two-spirit person
herself, Beaucage explained in an interview with the Saskatoon
StarPhoenix that she made the film because of the number of people who
don't understand the role and experiences of two spirit individuals:
"there are really young people that have lived experiences and need
support, so the film was created to be intimate face-to-face
storytelling that opens people's hearts and helps them to understand
in a way they didn't before."
teacher from Manitoba.Beaucage was born in Vassar, Manitoba in 1947.
She obtained a degree in education from the University of Brandon and
studied film at Ryerson University.Beaucage spent 25 years in adult
education and community organizing before turning to film in her
40s.:342 Her documentary films are often collaborative in nature and
have reflected the participation of Indigenous peoples in political
forums, conferences, local activism, and community events. Her 1997
film Ntapueu... i am telling the truth followed the environmental
impact work of the Innu Nation regarding a mining project in
Labrador's Voisey's Bay. She was invited by the Innu to capture their
work following her documentation of the efforts of elders in northern
Saskatchewan during a 1992 Wiggins Bay blockage in opposition to the
province's clearcutting policies :342In 2017 Beaucage released Coming
In Stories: Two Spirit in Saskatchewan in an attempt to raise
awareness about the experiences of two-spirit individuals in
Saskatchewan. The coordinator of OUTSaskatoon and a two-spirit person
herself, Beaucage explained in an interview with the Saskatoon
StarPhoenix that she made the film because of the number of people who
don't understand the role and experiences of two spirit individuals:
"there are really young people that have lived experiences and need
support, so the film was created to be intimate face-to-face
storytelling that opens people's hearts and helps them to understand
in a way they didn't before."
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