Works
Culture
Spelling Bee
SPELLING BEE, 2010 dir: Sharon Bliss, Bliss Pictures, Knowledge Network. Spelling Bee is part of a set of short films celebrating First Nation language and is aired on the Knowledge Network. Ta’Kaiya plays Raven, a little girl who falls asleep and dreams she is in a Spelling Bee. This Spelling Bee requires its young contestants [...]
Residential School Films
SAVAGE
SAVAGE directed by Lisa Jackson, depicts the story of a young girl who is sent to residential school. In then format of a music video, the film transports the audience from the anguish of a mother loosing her child to the residential school to a strange but unusual twist at the end that is full [...]
Nootka Rose
NOOTKA ROSE 2011 dir. Courtney Crane, Vancouver Film School. A short film dramatizing a little girl’s forcible removal from her home to attend residential school in the 1960’s. Heart-torn scenes from her life are narrated in Native language. Ta’Kaiya plays Nootka Rose,
Shi-Shi-Etko
SHI-SHI-ETKO, 2009 dir: Kate Kroll, Monkey Ink Media. Based on the award winning children’s book of the same name by Nicola Cambell, the short film dramatizes the last four days before a little girl goes to residential school. This award-winning film is spoken in the Halq’emeylem language of the Sto:lo Nation with English subtitles. [...]
Short Films
The Closer you Get to Canada
THE CLOSER YOU GET TO CANADA, 2010 dir: John Bolton, Opus 59 Films. The Closer You Get to Canada is a short film set in the future, based on a novel by Thomas King. In a sci-fi future, all animals have been hunted to near extinction. Ta’Kaiya plays Sarah, the daughter of Mason, [...]