{"id":1050,"date":"2026-06-16T19:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/?post_type=trc57_speakers&#038;p=1050"},"modified":"2026-06-16T22:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:53:00","slug":"salma-monani2","status":"publish","type":"trc57_speakers","link":"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/speakers\/salma-monani2\/","title":{"rendered":"Salma Monani &#038; Terril Calder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-8\">\n<h2 class=\"topic\">Stories of the Land: Indigenous Ecocinema and the Power of Decolonial Storytelling<\/h2>\n<p>with Salma Monani &amp; Terril Calder<\/p>\n<div class=\"date\"><strong>Webinar Date:<\/strong>\u00a0June 12, 2025 \/ 12-1pm PT<\/div>\n<div class=\"topic-details\">\n<p>Join us for an engaging conversation with Salma Monani, a pioneering voice in ecocinema studies. Salma\u2019s work shines a light on the rich archive of Indigenous ecocinema, placing Indigenous intellectual voices at the forefront of how we analyze and understand these films.<\/p>\n<p>Ecocinema provides a framework to explore how Indigenous films express profound ecological connections, cultural practices, and environmental ethics. By blending traditional storytelling with cinematic techniques, Indigenous ecocinema foregrounds relationships with the land, water, and non-human beings, offering powerful decolonial perspectives on environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>Through this compelling discussion, Salma delves into how Indigenous cinema weaves ecological themes into its broader decolonial agenda. Her talk offers critical insights into the environmental dimensions of Indigenous storytelling and the transformative role these perspectives play in reshaping our understanding of cinema\u2019s relationship with the environment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uwom7to_4_Q?si=utP8s7oMunB8d13P\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"book-details\">\n<div class=\"cover book-item\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-587\" style=\"width: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Book-Cover-5-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Book-Cover-5-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Book-Cover-5.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"book-info book-item\">\n<div class=\"title\">Indigenous Ecocinema Decolonizing Media Environments<\/div>\n<p>Salma Monani &amp; Terril Calder<\/p>\n<div class=\"purchase\">\n<p><a class=\"button purchase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ubcpress.ca\/indigenous-ecocinema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy a Copy<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"code\">Use the code TRC57 to get 20% off your purchase through UBC Press, plus, get free shipping on orders over $40<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"borrow\"><a class=\"button borrow\" href=\"https:\/\/search.virl.bc.ca\/search\/card?id=a8e2134a-b675-582c-80bb-cbfc41cf28e3&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Borrow a Copy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 about-bg\">\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-601\" style=\"width: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Salma-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Salma-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Salma-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Salma-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Salma-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Salma-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Salma.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/>Salma Monani<\/strong>\u00a0is a leading scholar in ecocinema studies and a professor of environmental humanities at Gettysburg College. Her research explores the intersections of cinema, ecology, and culture, with a focus on Indigenous media.<\/p>\n<p>Salma\u2019s work highlights how Indigenous films engage with ecological themes and decolonial practices, offering critical perspectives on environmental justice and cultural resilience. A prolific writer and editor, she has co-edited books like\u00a0Ecocinema Theory and Practice\u00a0and continues to shape discussions on the transformative power of environmental storytelling in cinema.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1054\" style=\"width: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/terril-calder-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"202\" \/><\/strong>One of the foremost M\u00e9tis media artists practising in Canada today,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Terril Calder<\/strong>\u00a0is a multi-disciplinary creator born in Fort Frances, Ontario, and currently living in Toronto. Calder\u2019s M\u00e9tis lineage is from the Red River Settlement and the Orkney Cree M\u00e9tis. While her current practice is focused on stop-motion projects, which she writes, directs, crafts and animates, Calder also has an extensive background in performance art, visual art and media art.<\/p>\n<p>Calder attended the University of Manitoba\u2019s Fine Arts Program, graduating with a major in Drawing and a minor in Film. While in Winnipeg, she exhibited her multi-media and performance artwork with the influential Student Bolshevik group and was a member of Video Pool. After moving to Toronto following her studies, Calder became a founding member of the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, where she curated visual and performance art exhibitions. Since the 1990s, Calder has lectured and taught art at organizations such as the National Ballet School of Canada, the Toronto District School Board, Art in the Park, the University of Manitoba, Indigenous Roots and imagineNATIVE, and in numerous Indigenous communities in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Calder\u2019s films have been screened at major festivals and venues across Canada and internationally, including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival, Rotterdam, the Berlinale, the Tampere Film Festival and imagineNATIVE. In 2019, the Winnipeg Film Group presented the first retrospective of her work, and in 2020 she received her first film festival retrospective, at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Calder\u2019s notable film honours include Best Experimental Film from imagineNATIVE for The Gift, an Honourable Mention at the Sundance Film Festival, a Genie Award nomination for Best Animation and a Special Mention at the Berlinale (Generation 14+). Her films Choke (2011) and Snip (2016) were both selected for TIFF\u2019s annual list of Canada\u2019 Top Ten Shorts. Additional awards include best animation prizes at the Dreamspeakers Festival, the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, the Indianer Inuit film festival in Stuttgart, and the Intercontinental Biennale of Indigenous Art in Piura, Peru, as well as a Pixie Award for animation. In 2016, Calder won the prestigious K.M. 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