Secrets in the Forest

Directed and produced by Rita Godbout
5 minutes • 2007
Available on DVD and VHS

Four Vancouver women reflect on their status as "culturally hybrid" in the 21st century. All are Métis; all are conscious of how colonization make their ancestors want to forget their heritage. Michelle LaFlamme is a Ph.D. candidate, instructor and filmmaker; Tasha Fay Evans is an actor and playwright who wrote and performs in a play called She Stands Still; Reina Sinclair is an administrator in education and Luisa Sanchez is Mitsoza from Nicaragua. The play makes them think about their relationships, to nature, family, motherhood and their Aboriginal grandmothers.