Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

Award winning documentary 'nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up' to be shown in Prince George

Tasha Hubbard traces long history of violence against Indigenous people
CaptureSNIPPET
A documentary detailing the death of Colten Boushie in 2016 and the aftermath will be screened in Prince George. (via screenshot)

A powerful and award-winning documentary will be screening in Prince George next week (Nov. 23). 

"nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up" was filmed by the award-winning filmmaker Tasha Hubbard.

The documentary focuses on a 22-year-old Indigenous man, Colten Boushie, who died from a gunshot wound to the head in 2016 after entering Gerald Stanley's rural property alongside his friends in Saskatchewan. 

Stanley would be acquitted in 2018 of the charges of manslaughter and second-degree murder, which caused outrage across the country and shock. 

A press release says Hubbard follows the trial and the events afterward, revealing questions about the alleged bias that she says became apparent following the RCMP investigation and jury-selection process.

"Hubbard traces the long history of violence against Indigenous people, and their erasure from the systems of law and power, to the present day, exposing the need for systemic changes," the description of the film reads. 

The tragedy would see Colten's family and community stand up for a better future for the next generations. 

The family decides to go on a search for justice that would bring them to the country's highest people of power including the United Nations where the family challenges Canada's justice system in front of an international audience. 

Hubbard is also known for her previous films "Birth of a Family" and "Two Worlds Colliding." 

The screening is scheduled for Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. in the ArtSpace above Books and Company. The event is free but donations will be accepted.