Talk about Laugh: Blak Comedy & Indigenous Cultural Perspectives On Humour
Laughing "Irregardless": Multimedia Aboriginal Humour
Aboriginal comedy writer Angelina Hurley, is currently completing her Doctorate of Creative Arts on Indigenous humour and was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. “Through my research topic, ‘Blak Comedy and Indigenous Cultural Perspectives on Humour’, I am investigating the development of Australian Indigenous comedy,” Angelina said. “The genre of Indigenous comedy predominantly lives within the Indigenous community itself, unknown to mainstream Australia and is still to break through there.”
Her award-winning short film called Aunty Maggie and the Womba Wakgun (2009), is based on a true family story, Aunty Maggie saves the family from destitution by giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to the family rooster.
After screening this 12-minute film, CBC reporter Duncan McCue (Anishinaabe) will talk with Angelina about her film and research.
6:00 p.m. (PT)
Terasen Cinema
SFU Vancouver
515 Hastings Street, Vancouver
Laughing "Irregardless": Multimedia Aboriginal Humour
Laughing "Irregardless": Multimedia Aborignal Humour were a series of public programs to complement the exhibition co-curated by Peter Morin and Dr. Martine Reid, Carrying on “Irregardless”: Humour in Contemporary Northwest Coast Art, at the Bill Reid Gallery September 12, 2012 - March 17, 2013.
The programs were curated and moderated by Aboriginal filmmaker, Loretta Todd. They were presented by the Bill Reid Gallery with support from: Canada Council for the Arts, Face The World Foundation, United States Consulate General Vancouver, SFU Vancouver, and SFU Office for Aboriginal Peoples. These were SFU Public Square events.
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