A Quiet Girl

This screening took place on Monday, February 12, 2024 at 12:00 pmYukon Arts Centre

In A Quiet Girl, adopted Montreal filmmaker Adrian Wills discovers on camera and in real time, the startling truths of his complex beginnings in Newfoundland.

Shocking details drive Wills to discover what is at the core of his birth mother’s resilience, and ultimately his own. In this moving feature documentary that combines 16mm footage and contemporary images with deeply personal conversations, Wills’ voyage transforms from an urgent search for identity into a quest to give a quiet girl her voice.

Content advisory: themes of abuse and suicide. Genre: Documentary

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Miss Campbell, Inuk Teacher

Dir. Heather Campbell, 2022, Newfoundland and Labrador, 15 MIN | Documentary

Part oral history and part visual poem, Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher is the story of Evelyn Campbell, a trailblazer for an Inuit-led educational system in the small community of Rigolet, Labrador.