Documentary,
7:46 minutes,
English,
BC,
2007
Synopsis
Coming Home is an intimate look at First Nations elder Florence James and her experience of returning to her birthplace after many years.
Creative team
Writer/director/producer: Brandy Glovka, Catharine Murphy, Angela Voght
Personal statement
Filmmakers Brandy Glovka, Catharine Murphy and Angela Voght say:
"Florence James walks along the land where she was born and recalls memories of where her family picked berries, how they fished, as well as how they prepared and ate traditional foods.
She also shares teachings on how her ancestors lived, worked and connected with the land. She describes how these memories and the spirit of her people rest within the very land itself.
Our goal was to honour Florence James' story by filming her return to her original birthplace. In the camera work we wanted to capture the intimate experience of this elder's present moment of coming home as well as a sense of her history, visualizing the paths she ran along, beaches she played on and the sea where her family caught fish by canoe.
Florence's hope in telling her story is to document some of the history, knowledge, traditional ways and language of her people so they are not lost for future generations."
Brandy Glovka
Brandy Glovka comes to filmmaking with a background in technical theatre production from Humber College in Toronto. After attending a film intensive at the Gulf Islands School of Film & Television (GIFTS) in 2007, Brandy set about making a long-time dream of filmmaking into a reality.
Documentary filmmaking has given Brandy the opportunity to pursue her passion for the collaborative creative process as well as an insatiable desire for a deeper understanding of the world in which we live. She and her partner, Alan Miceli, have recently launched a production company, Hear Eye Am Productions.
They are currently in production on a short documentary entitled Chop Wood, Carry Water as well as pre-production on a feature documentary about food security entitled What You Bring to the Table. She currently lives on Salt Spring Island, in British Columbia.
Angela Voght
Angela Voght is a First Nations filmmaker who is passionate about the oral tradition of storytelling. She has a Masters in Psychology with a special interest in Narrative therapy and has also studied at the Gulf Island Film School focusing on Documentary filmmaking.
Angela is now bringing her creative skills together to record the knowledge and history of First Nations people through the art of film.