Created by young filmmakers from across Haida Gwaii through VIMFF’s youth filmmaking initiative, What You Want to Be and Atticus, The Cowboy are two short films that grew out of hands-on workshops led by local filmmaker Gaëtan Lamarre. Seven youth, ages 9 to 21, completed the program, learning to use documentary filmmaking to explore the people, stories and experiences within their own communities.
These films represent more than the finished work. They are the result of young people learning to tell stories through their own lens, from picking up a camera and capturing the footage to helping shape how their stories are ultimately shared with an audience.
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