Banchi Hanuse is a Canadian indigenous filmmaker.

Early life and education

Hanuse holds a

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

in First Nations Studies from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

. She currently resides in Bella Coola. Hanuse has worked at the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

(NFB) as a production assistant and project coordinator. Her most well known projects at the NFB include the ''Finding Dawn,'' directed by

Christine Welsh Christine Welsh is a Métis Canadian filmmaker, feminist and associate professor at the University of Victoria. Early life Welsh was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. She is the great-grand-daughter of Norbert Welsh, the famous Metis bu ...

and Our World, a digital storytelling workshop for remote Indigenous communities. Haunse also helped found Nuxalk Radio, a radio station based out of the Nuxalk village of Q'umk'uts' (Bella Coola).

Career

Work

''Cry Rock,'' Hanuse's best-known cinematic work, premiered at the

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All Roads Film Festival. ''Cry Rock'' is a film documenting the life of Hanuse's grandmother, one of the few remaining speakers of the Nuxalk language in Canada.

Awards and nominations

* Canada Council for the Arts grant (2011) * Best Documentary Short Subject for ''Cry Rock'', Yorkton Film Festival's Golden Sheaf Award (2011) * Best Documentary Short for ''Cry Rock'', Vancouver Women in Film Festival (2011) * Nominated, Best Documentary Short, American Indian Film Festival (2010) * Best Documentary Short, Vancouver Women in Film Festival (2010)

References

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