Join us in the Sooke Library Multipurpose Room for a screening and discussion of the film, Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy (2021), 124 mins
Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidemic. Witness the change brought by community members with substance-use disorder, first responders and medical professionals as they strive for harm reduction in the Kainai First Nation in Southern Alberta, a Blackfoot community facing the impacts of substance use and a drug-poisoning epidemic.
Writer/Director: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Produced by: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, David Christensen, lori lozinski
Thank you to the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) for providing the film.
