Survivors Totem Pole (2018, 25 min)

Heart of the City Festival 2020

This moving film by Susanne Tabata chronicles the journey of the DTES community to raise The Survivors Totem Pole in Pigeon Park. 

UPDATE ON OCTOBER 28th: THIS EVENT WLIL NO LONGER BE ON ZOOM; IT WILL BE LIVESTREAMED! Skundaal Bernie Williams and Susanne Tabata will still gather on Zoom, but audience members will be watching and interacting and doing Q&amp;As through the livestream + livestream chat. Here’s a wonderful opportunity to view the film Survivors Totem Pole and join a live Zoom conversation with carver Skundaal Bernie Williams and filmmaker Susanne Tabata. In 2016, the Survivors Totem Pole was carved by Downtown Eastside resident and activist Skundaal Bernie Williams, then raised at Pigeon Park in a powerful pole raising and potlatch witnessing ceremony attended by Elders, VIPs and over 1,000 residents. This moving film by local filmmaker Susanne Tabata, follows the extraordinary community-led journey to create and raise a monument to survivors: a tribute to the enduring inclusivity, strength, resistance and persistence of the Downtown Eastside community. <ul><li>Interactive film presentation with Q&amp;A opportunity with Bernie and Susanne </li><li>Free / donation appreciated</li></ul>

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Survivors Totem Pole (2018, 25 min)

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