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Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes is a great film! Based on the longtime series on APTN, the movie filled audiences with delight and did not dissapoint. The World Premiere was broadcast across the globe with isuma.tv and had further strengthened the popularity of the family stop-motion animation series.
To watch the movie, tune in to APTN December 3rd 2011 for the Network Television Premiere.
Radio personality Bob Phillips of AVR Arts Review giving a shout out to Digital Drum after he interviewed Digital Drum’s Brett Huson.
Creators and Cast of Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes world premiere, just before the screening.
Saturday Night was “The Beat” at the Phoenix Concert Theatre with Buffy Sainte Marie. After showcasing some great music videos, the show began. Lena Recollet shared her musical styling and then Sean Conway took the stage with a three piece band that got the crowd pumped up with some old style country and fast paced rockabilly.
After the opening acts, Buffy took the stage and the whole crowd was thrilled. All the fans at the venue were from all walks of life, both young and old. Her recent release “Running for the Drum” is her 18th studio album and when it was released last year, was her first studio album in 13 years.
From a career that began during the 60’s, she’s not only won numerous awards for her musical accomplishments, but she’s worked for political equality, Aboriginal Rights, and recognition of environmental issues. Her strong political messages had her black listed in the US during the Johnson and Nixon presidencies, but that didn’t stop her from sharing her messages and continuing her work in the arts, music, and tv.
“The Beat” was a great show and Buffy Sainte Marie really brought the house down, she played some of her past hits for her longtime fans and rocked the house with her music from the latest album “Running for the Drum.”
The 2011 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival has so far been a great success. There are numerous screenings, amazing workshops involving youth, and plenty of new media exhibits and screenings. On top of all that there will be “The Beat,” screening of some new music videos as well as a performance from Buffy St. Marie, who set aside some time to sit down with Wab Kinew and take questions from the CBC reporter and all her fans in the audience.
She talked about her career full of musical accomplishments, art, politics, and the struggles of being a young aboriginal woman trying to create music during the 60s. Much of the discussion surrounded her pride of being an Aboriginal woman and how more recently she has had the opportunity of touring, playing, and writing with a young all Aboriginal Band.
Her words were strong, proud, and really gave a lot of inspiration to many in the audience. It was an honour to be In Discussion with Buffy St. Marie.
Opening Night of the 2011 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival was a night full of music, dance, fun and film. Here’s a taste of what the night had to offer!
Some Spy Shots of the new Wapos Bay Movie Long Goodbyes.
If you want to see more, don’t miss the World Premiere of Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes this coming Sunday October 23rd 7pm ET at www.isuma.tv/nfb
A long time favourite show on APTN, Wapos Bay has won the hearts of many fans across Canada and abroad. This year at the 2011 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes will bring the week long event to a close. It will be an amazing show and even though it’s premiering at the festival, fans from all around the world will get a chance to watch along with everyone at imagineNATIVE.
We happened to have some of our top notch photographers on the job and they caught a glimpse of some high flying, hard hitting action from the film. We’ll post them here on the blog to get you excited for the World Premiere of Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes this sunday at imagineNATIVE.
Here’s a Press Release sent out for Wapos Bay.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wapos Bay movie to premiere at imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE TO TUNE IN THROUGH LIVE STREAMING
Oct. 18, 2011 – Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes, based on the Gemini award-winning TV series, will have its world premiere at the prestigious imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto at its Closing Night Gala presented by Global Toronto. Produced by Wapos Bay Productions Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, the movie was selected for the closing night of the Festival’s 12th edition and will screen on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. ET at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King St W).
Fans from around the world will also have the opportunity to be part of the premiere via the Closing Night Technical Partner IsumaTV and a free live streaming at www.isuma.tv/nfb. Creator / producers Dennis & Melanie Jackson, actors Andrea Menard (The Velvet Devil, Moccasin Flats) and Eric Jackson will be available for the Q & A following the screening, moderated by imagineNATIVE executive director Jason Ryle who will be taking questions from the floor and via Skype for the online viewers.
“It is humbling to have our Wapos Bay finale movie screened at imagineNATIVE because it is one of the premiere indigenous film festivals in the world,” said Dennis Jackson. “It is always an honour to be recognized by your peers whether those are other indigenous people, animators, filmmakers or friends. This screening will be a unique experience because fans can log in online and they don’t necessarily have to be here in Toronto to watch the premiere.”
The night will feature a special tribute to Wapos Bay cast member, the late Gordon Tootoosis (North of 60, Legends of the Fall). Announcements of the future of Wapos Bay will also be made on the night, including the launch of several online exclusives: a Mario kart racer - style video game, eBooks and episode downloads.
Tickets for the world premiere / imagineNATIVE are available in-person at the TIFF Bell Lightbox or Phoenix Concert Theatre, by calling the TIFF Box Office at 416-599-8433, or online at www.imaginenative.org.
The national broadcast premiere for Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes is Saturday, Dec. 3 on APTN (8 p.m. ET on APTN HD and APTN East, 8 p.m. MT on APTN West, 8 p.m. CT on APTN North).
The movie has also been selected to screen at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (Oct. 29), American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco (Nov. 5), LA Skins Festival in Los Angeles (Nov. 16-20) and Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival in Sydney, Australia.
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For media requests, please contact:
Tera Maguire, Publicist
hulomedia o: 306-668-4288 c: 306-241-0651 e: tera@hulomedia.com
Kelly Balon, Director of Development
Wapos Bay Productions o: 306-652-9336 c: 306-880-3363 e: kelly@karmafilm.ca
The night before the opening day of the 2011 imagineNATIVE Film festival was very busy for the staff. All were excited to see the festival finally arrive. Stay tuned for more behind the scenes at the 2011 imagineNATIVE Film Festival.
imagineNATIVE 2011
Digital Drum will be in Toronto October 19th-23rd for the 2011 imagineNATIVE film festival. Stay tuned for behind the scenes footage and much more!
www.digitaldrum.ca is just around the corner. Go behind the scenes at imagineNATIVE with Digital Drum at blog.digitaldrum.ca until digitaldrum.ca goes live.
We hope to see you in Toronto and online.
