Directed by Danielle Sturk

Logline: A portrait of visual artist Rebecca Belmore.

Synopsis: Through a competitive selection process, Danielle Sturk was awarded a commission by the Canada Council for The Arts to produce a unique video portrait of visual and performance artist Rebecca Belmore, 2013 Laureate of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. The filmmaker collaborated with Belmore who created a new visual art/performance artwork specifically for this video. The new work is inspired by the spoken words of chief Mawe-do-pe-nais from an 1873 treaty negotiation recording of Belmore's ancestral land.

Distribution Contact: WFG

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RUNTIME: 4 Minutes
GENRE: Documentary
PRODUCTION FORMAT: HD
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Manitoba
KEYWORDS: Aboriginal, Performance, Women, Art, Human Rights, Female Filmmaker

Director's Statement: Our own treaty of artists: Rebecca entrusts me with the filming of a new work created for the camera, for this moment in her career, for this moment in Winnipeg, for this time inspired by the Idle No More movement, and Chief Spence's hunger strike in Ottawa; and I trust her in all of her artistic wisdom to create a powerful work of art that will collaborate with the camera.

We work for the entire day and it is now night. The work appears to be completed, and Rebecca stands back to contemplate the work before putting her brush to one last virgin paper draped across the model's chest. She decides only then what she will do. She marks her X across the young woman's heart. The heart of a next generation. With her act, I too am marked. I too bear the X. Treaty Number Three.