With Stellar, the moment was definitely right.”Naponse’s feature film is now shooting on location on Atikameksheng Anishnawbek territory, 20 km southwest of Sudbury. Based on the short story of the same name, Stellar follows two Indigenous characters who meet in a chance encounter. I love the idea of being a part of an Indigenous love story,” she said. “So often, Indigenous women on screen are framed through a fetishized or violent lens, and as an Indigenous woman, it can often feel unsafe to embrace those things given the fact that it’s not safe to be an Indigenous woman in this country,” she said. “I think it’s really important to talk about love, to understand love, and to appreciate those love stories.

Source: thestar July 10, 2021 08:01 UTC