
“Thisisthestoryaboutaghostpeoplewholiveinaghostterritory.”ThusbeginsthisrichlydocumentedhistoryofthestruggleforrecognitionoftheSinixt,oneofCanada’sindigenouspeoples.Whileotherindigenouspeopleshavelegalrights,theSinixthavenone,becausetheyareofficiallyextinct.Butthefactisthey’restillthere. PassionateSinixtmatriarchandactivistMarilynJamesisamongthosewhohavebeenfightingfordecadestocorrectthisinjusticeandbringaboutaculturalrevival.Archaeologicalresearch,fierceprotestsandcomplicatedlawsuitshavealreadybroughtresultsandnewawareness,butthebattleisnotyetover.ThefactthatpartoftheSinixtterritoryisintheUnitedStatesfurthercurtailstheirfreedom. TheworkoffilmmakerAliKazimidealswithrace,socialjustice,migrationandhistory.HehasfollowedthebizarrestoryoftheSinixtsince1995andnowinterweaveshisownrecordings,archivefootage,homemoviesandmeetingswiththoseinvolvedtocreateawidepanorama.Themagnificentlandscapesfeatureprominentlyasabackdrop. 源自:https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/1979e296-0c9f-41cb-bdfe-96a5894e27da/beyond-extinction-sinixt-resurgence