Documentary filmmaker set to host master class
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Filmmaker and experimental media artist Dana Inkster will be giving a master class at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, speaking about her experiences as a documentary filmmaker and screening her award-winning work.
“I really feel like more people need to know about (Inkster) and her work,” said AGSM curator Alyssa Fearon. “It’s a rare opportunity to have (Inkster) come to Brandon. She doesn’t really travel very much, so it’s a really unique opportunity to have her come here and talk about her work.”
The master class will be held on Monday, Feb. 24.
Inkster is a media artist and cultural producer based in Lethbridge, Alta.
The range of works that Inkster has written and directed span a variety of genres, from experimental video art to broadcast television documentaries, and selections have been screened and acquired in all continents.
Inkster will be discussing her work and sharing her experiences in the field, Fearon said, as well as giving expert advice on documentary filmmaking and what’s involved in choosing filmmaking as a career path.
She will also be screening her award-winning film, 24 Days in Brooks, which documents the first-ever labour strike at the Lakeside meatpacking plant in Brooks, Alta.
There are a lot of parallels between Brooks and Brandon, Fearon said, and a lot the community might be able to learn from what Inkster documented.
“I think there are a lot of similarities and connections to be made about these two big meat-packaging industries operating in the prairies and hiring foreign workers,” Fearon said. “What are some of the takeaways from that experience in Brooks that Brandon can learn from? I wonder if people will see the similarities in the experiences that people had over there in Brooks and what can we take away from that.”
The free event is part of related programming for two exhibitions that are on now at the AGSM — “Flags of Unsung Countries” by Liz Ikiriko and “This Too Shall Pass” by Gloria Swain.
Fearon said that she designed this year’s programming with a focus on diverse women in the Prairies, inviting women of colour to Brandon to showcase their unique perspectives.
Fearon told the Sun last month she has been wanting to cultivate this diverse cluster of programming since she first arrived at the gallery back in 2018.
“I hope that the audience will take away an appreciation for (Inkster’s) work and a more in-depth understanding of diverse filmmakers that are working within the prairies and who are doing some really incredible work that is relevant and needs to be known,” Fearon said.
The artist talk begins at 6 p.m. and the film screening begins at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to all ages.
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