Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (partial data)

Also known as: Elle-Máijá Apiniskim Tailfeathers
Countries: Canada / Norway

Films directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Bloodland (2011)
A Red Girl's Reasoning (2012)
The Embargo Project (2015) (also known as: "Bihttoš", "Entwined", "Intemperance", "Rebel", "Roberta", "Skyworld")
c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city (2017)
Naked Island - Detention (2017) (also known as: "Déchéance publique - Détention")
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy (2021) (also known as: "Kímmapiiyipitssini : la voie de l'empathie")

Quotes by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

"I grew really frustrated with the [film and television] industry being a woman, an Indigenous woman and a woman of colour because it was very challenging. To feel so little agency and control working with so many gross stereotypes of Indigenous people in films being made by non-Indigenous people. So that was when I went back to UBC [University of British Columbia] and, while I was there, I learned how to operate a camera, use editing software and made my first short film."
-- Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (source)

"I think that film is a powerful platform for conveying issues of social justice. It's a great way to reach a broad audience and a diverse audience. As an emerging filmmaker, I hope to only make films that relate to issues close to my heart in terms of activism and social justice."
-- Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (source)

"My values don't always align with that of conventional documentary filmmaking, having to remain objective behind the camera. This is community-based filmmaking. Morally and ethically, the responsibilities of being a community member are more important. Documentary filmmakers from outside our community have the privilege of walking away, and they have blind spots in their understanding of our experience. We navigate things differently."
-- Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (source)

For QUOTES about a specific film by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, please see: Bloodland The Embargo Project The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

Notes about Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
Member of the Kainai First Nation (Blood Tribe, Blackfoot Confederacy), and member of the Sámi people of Norway.

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Bibliography for Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Section 1: Publications by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Tailfeathers, Elle-Máijá Apiniskim. "A Conversation with Helen Haig-Brown, Lisa Jackson, and Elle-Máijá Apiniskim Tailfeathers, with Some Thoughts to Frame the Conversation." Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly 39, no. 3 (Summer 2016): 277-306.

Section 2: Publications about Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Derdeyn, Stuart. "Blood quantum star Tailfeathers takes control of narrative; Vancouver-based activist helps represent indigenous culture in entertainment world." Interview with Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers. The Province (Vancouver), May 24, 2020.

Web Sites

"Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers." https://elle-maija-tailfeathers.com/. [official site]
Office national du film du Canada. "ONF -- Elle-Maija Tailfeathers." Office national du film du Canada. https://www.onf.ca/cineastes/elle-maija-tailfeathers/. [in French]

Section 3: Publications about the Films of Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Bloodland (2011)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Chiu, Joanna. "Fracking fuels filmmaker: interview with Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers." Interview with Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers. Herizons, vol. 26, no. 2, Autumn 2012.

The Embargo Project (2015) (also known as: "Bihttoš", "Entwined", "Intemperance", "Rebel", "Roberta", "Skyworld")

Journal Articles

Tailfeathers, Elle-Máijá Apiniskim. "A Conversation with Helen Haig-Brown, Lisa Jackson, and Elle-Máijá Apiniskim Tailfeathers, with Some Thoughts to Frame the Conversation." Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly 39, no. 3 (Summer 2016): 277-306.

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Commanda, Erica. "Review – The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open." Review of The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open. Muskrat Magazine, September 26, 2019.
Schilling, Vincent. "'The Body Remembers' a real-time story of two Indigenous women." Review of The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open. Indian Country Today, November 29, 2019.

Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy (2021) (also known as: "Kímmapiiyipitssini : la voie de l'empathie")

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Ballantyne, Sonya. "Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy." Review of Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy. Herizons, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring 2022.
Punter, Jennie. "How director Elle-Maija Tailfeathers discovered a path to healing on the frontlines of the opioid crisis." Variety, May 6, 2021.
Schneller, Johanna. "The 'trauma-informed storytelling' of Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers." Interview with Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers. Globe and Mail, October 29, 2021.