Directed by Jackie Traverse

Logline: A tribute to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWGs).

Synopsis: "Legend has it if you catch a butterfly and hold it in your hands you can whisper a wish to the butterfly and the butterfly will carry your wish to the Creator and your wish will come true. My wish was that our women would never be forgotten that they would be given the love and respect they deserve."

Distribution Contact: WFG

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RUNTIME: 4 Minutes
GENRE: Experimental
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Manitoba
TECHNIQUES: Computer Animation, Special Effects
KEYWORDS: Indigenous Filmmaker, Female Filmmaker

Director's Statement: In 2007 I made a short stop motion video called Butterfly. It was a tribute piece to honour our women who were murdered and went missing. I saw the way indigenous women were portrayed in the media and it hurt. The way these women were described I could not imagine being a mother in mourning and reading such callous words about my child - from that time on I have been creating works onmmIWGS.

I am the mother of 3 daughters and grandmother to Lily. The issue of mmIWGS is very dear to me and a strong foundation on which I've built my art practice on. I am honoured to be a voice for those that cannot speak and I hope the spirit of our women shines through in my works."