GOOD MEDICINE

‘Good Medicine’ is a research and experimental documentary project exploring the breadth and myriad issues surrounding the concepts of health and wellness in the context of First Nation communities in Alberta. Treatment of these ideas is left open to interpretation and can include social, cultural, educational, economic and political perspectives.

Five (5) First Nation Filmmakers will be commissioned each to produce one 6 minute short high-definition video interpreting the question: What constitutes a healthy community from a First Nation Albertan perspective? 

Selected by jury, each filmmaker will be awarded a commission of $5000 with an additional $3000 of in-kind support including a residency at the Banff New Media Institute, the Banff Centre. Videos will be shot in high definition over the summer of 2008. High definition cameras and audio equipment will be provided. The final deliverable will be a finished six (6) minute video.

This creative inquiry is funded by Health Canada First Nation Inuit Health Branch, the Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Institutes, the Alberta College of Art and Design, and Keyano College.