Indigenous Plant Diva

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 9 min
  • Premiere: 2008. February 1.

Kamala Todd's short film is a lyrical portrait of Cease Wyss, of the Squamish Nation. Wyss is a woman who understands the remarkable healing powers of the plants growing all over downtown Vancouver. Whether it's the secret curl of a fiddlehead, or the gentleness of comfrey, plants carry ageless wisdom with them, communicated through colour, texture, and form. Wyss has been listening to this unspoken language and is now passing this ancient and intimate connection down to her own daughter, Senaqwila.

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Camera

Helen Haig-Brown

Director of Photography

Crew

Wes Machnikowski

Technical Supervisor

Directing

Kamala Todd

Director

Editing

Eliot Piltz

Online Editor

Production

Bruce Hagerman

Administration

Jennifer Roworth

Production Coordinator

Kathryn Lynch

Production Supervisor

Selwyn Jacob

Producer

Rina Fraticelli

Executive Producer

Sound

takë5

Original Music Composer

Jamie Mahaffey

Sound Designer

Susan Mahaffey

Dialogue Editor

Jamie Mahaffey

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Shamentsut

Vocals

Writing

Kamala Todd

Writer

Camera

Helen Haig-Brown

Director of Photography

Crew

Wes Machnikowski

Technical Supervisor

Directing

Kamala Todd

Director

Editing

Eliot Piltz

Online Editor

Production

Bruce Hagerman

Administration

Jennifer Roworth

Production Coordinator

Kathryn Lynch

Production Supervisor

Selwyn Jacob

Producer

Rina Fraticelli

Executive Producer

Sound

takë5

Original Music Composer

Jamie Mahaffey

Sound Designer

Susan Mahaffey

Dialogue Editor

Jamie Mahaffey

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Shamentsut

Vocals

Writing

Kamala Todd

Writer