FESTIVAL PREMIERE
DOCUMENTARY | CANADA | 53 MINUTES | English
Labeled: The Missing, Murdered, and Forgotten
Director Justin Kueber
Labeled: The Missing, Murdered, and Forgotten is a harrowing, intimate journey into the lives of three Indigenous women who were abused, exploited, and harmed during their time in Edmonton’s sex industry.
This documentary provides an in-depth and unfiltered exposé of the intergenerational trauma and racism that many Indigenous people face – trauma which is deeply rooted within Canadian identity – and brings awareness to the 4000+ Women and Girls who are Missing, Murdered and Forgotten across Canada.
CAST & CREDITS
Director
Justin Kueber
Producer
Justin Kueber, Sam Reid, Andrea Heinz
Screenwriter
Justin Kueber
Directors Bio
Edmonton born director and screenwriter Justin Kueber has had films screen all over the world and win numerous awards both locally and internationally.
In September 2018, Justin was awarded Best Local Filmmaker as part of Vue Weekly’s Best of Edmonton Awards. And, in 2019 Justin was a Quarterfinalist of the 2019 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting for his feature length script Chasing Summer.
His short film, Black and Blue (2019) has been selected to over 20 film festivals across the globe including: Cannes, Edmonton International Film Festival, Montreal Black Film Festival, Regina International Film Festival, Australia Independent Film Festival and more. In 2021, it won Best Short Film at FAVA FEST 2021 and it also received four nominations at the 2019 Alberta Film & Television Awards including: Best Director and Best Screenwriter, and won (Geoff Manchester) for Best Original Musical Score. Black and Blue has been written into a feature film and was a Semi-Finalist at the 2020 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, an Official Selection at the 2021 Orlando Film Festival and received an extremely rare Double Recommendation with Austin Film Festival’s Coverage Program.
And, most recently, his experimental sci-fi Smile: It’s Only the End of the World (2021) was selected to 14 festivals worldwide, won the Outstanding Screenplay Award at FAVA Fest 2021, won Best Short Film at the International Festival of Winter Cinema 2022, and was nominated for four Alberta Film & Television Awards including: Best Screenwriter.
Justin also directed an episode of Our House Media’s Airport Below Zero which premiered on the History Channel in September of 2016. The episode was about the Fort McMurray Wildfires.
Currently, Justin is working on several projects including: an eight-episode docuseries titled Labeled. And development on several feature length films.
Directors Statement
To Juanita, April Eve, Kathy King, and everyone else who appeared in Labeled: The Missing, Murdered and Forgotten. Thank you for your courage, strength, and bravery in sharing your life with us. Your truths deserve to be told and I am truly grateful to help share those truths with the world.
This documentary was three years in the making. My hope is that it raises awareness and opens the public’s eyes to the atrocities and injustices happening to Indigenous Women and Girls. This is something that is happening in our own backyards and yet, the majority of the population is unaware. This is a call to action. Violence against Indigenous women and girls is preventable, and it starts with systemic changes across all systems and sectors. No more stolen sisters. No more turning a blind eye. There needs to be change. And I hope this film is the catalyst for that much needed change.
For Cara, Amber, and the 4000+ others missing and murdered. Let them not be forgotten.
Showtimes
Sunday, November 10
IN-PERSON
Screening: 7:50pm
Once Purchased
your name will be at ‘Will Call’
AMC The Grove 14
189 The Grove Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Parking
At The Theatre
