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DOCUMENTARY SHORT | CANADA | 11 MINUTES | English

Kokum, with love.

Flora Bear’s youngest granddaughter searches for truth and answers about her Indigenous grandmother’s life.

This short documentary is the filmmaker’s personal journey of discovery to honour her late grandmother’s life and understand her family history .

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Kim Stadfeld

Kim Stadfeld is an Anishinaabe woman (she/her) originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba currently living in Toronto Ontario. She is Ojibway/Métis on her mother’s side and Icelandic on her father’s side. Kim is a proud member of the Brokenhead Ojibway First Nation in Treaty 1 Territory.

She is a bead work artist, aspiring writer and a video Post-Production professional with over 25 years Broadcast Television experience. Kim is a graduate from the University of Manitoba Bachelor of Arts Native Studies program and also studied Media Production at Assiniboine Community College in Brandon, Manitoba.

Kim recently expanded her voice as an artist at the 2020 Indigenous Storytellers and Spoken Word Residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Her first film ‘Kokum, with love.’ is created through the NSI Canada IndigiDocs program and produced with the assistance of the CrossCurrents Canada Doc Fund, with support from Netflix.

Kim is a proud mother, a grandmother, a lifelong learner and a spiritual seeker who is passionate about art, new media, Indigenous storytelling and family histories.

Director

Kim Stadfeld

Producer

Kim Stadfeld

Screenwriter

Kim Stadfeld

Key Cast

Kim Stadfeld, Gayle Pruden, Alfred Pruden

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Showtimes

November 4

Screening: 1:00PM

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Fine Arts Theatre

8556 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

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321 S La Cienega Blvd

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