Headdress
Filmmaker JJ Neepin recreates her great-grandfather’s portrait and explores the responsibility of wearing a headdress.
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.
- Year: 2017
- Country: Canada
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: JJNeepinFilms Inc
- Keyword: woman director, winnipeg, cree, cultural misappropriation, short film
- Director: JJ Neepin
- Cast: JJ Neepin, Nadya Kwandibens