Southern Alberta In Film
Lethbridge Public Library Theatre Gallery, 810-5 Ave S

Hungry Wolf of the Blood Tribe [2005, 24 min]

Beverly Hungry Wolf, author of The Ways of My Grandmothers, is a member of the Blood Tribe of the Blackfoot people. Her traditional home in Southern Alberta is just under Chief Mountain on the land chosen by chief Red Crow. Beverly and her family discuss the significance of beaver bundles for their people's healing and spiritual traditions, the importance of learning one's history, and their community's renewed interest in their ancestor's way of life.

Kainyssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go On
[2003, 70 min]

Windswept prairies, sloping coulees and stretches of open sky - this is the home of the Kainai Blood Indians, in the heart of southern Alberta. Filmmaker Loretta Sarah Todd takes viewers in a visually lush journey. Exploring the significance of land, memory, and knowledge in Kainai life.

Hank Williams First Nation [2005, 90 min]

This is a hilarious and heartbreaking film about 75 year old Martin Fox who is determined to visit the grave if his long time hero, Hank Williams Sr. He is too old to travel alone and so commandeers his 17 year old nephew Jacob to accompany him on a Greyhound bus. Their journey gains human interest and they gain status when they are featured as the story-of-the-week in a U.S. Newspaper. As their stardom trickles back home a sense of pride and community spirit take over those who live in their community. The soundtrack includes songs by Lethbridge resident and singer-songwriter, Dave McCann.

A great way to end your Taste of Downtown experience!

The Enemy Within [2003, 52 min]
Galt Museum & Archives | west end 5 Ave S
[parking access from 4 Ave]

During World War II, a war-ravaged Britain realized it could not billet all its captured German soldiers. Canada stepped forward. Among the captured German soldiers was Theo Melzer, father of filmmaker Eva Colmers, who spent 31/2 years in a POW camp in Lethbridge. While growing up in Regensberg, Germany, Colmers had often been puzzled by her father's fond memories of his POW life. When she made Canada her new home, she set out to rediscover this little-known chapter in Canadian-German history. Weaving poignant excerpts from her father's letters with wartime archival images and dramatic re-enactments, the film shares the powerful stories of these now elderly men, once the enemy within, whose lives were changed forever because of the unexpected respect and dignity they received at the hands of their Canadian captors.

Showing in Community Savings Learning Studio as part of Museum Community Day during the first day of the new exhibit "For You the War is Over. Second World War POW Experiences" which runs until September 21.