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# Filmmaker JJ Neepin recreates her great-grandfather’s portrait and explores the responsibility of wearing a headdress.
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📜 Overview: For First Nations communities, the headdress bears significant meaning. It's a powerful symbol of hard-earned leadership and responsibility. As filmmaker JJ Neepin prepares to wear her grandfather's headdress for a photo shoot she reflects on lessons learned and the thoughtless ways in which the tradition has been misappropriated.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2017-05-06
⌚ Running Time: 6 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 0.0

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JJ Neepin original image
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JJ Neepin
Nadya Kwandibens original image
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Nadya Kwandibens

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