A Feature Documentary
Gunargie never sleeps. At any moment, you can find her with a cup of coffee in one hand and a pocket microphone recorder in the other. She knows that the only way for her to fight her demons is to break the silence, so when she isn’t working at her part-time jobs, helping Aisha with her homework, or hosting a friend in crisis, she spends all her time at the community radio station or digging for stories in the street.…
Aisha is a quirky, passionate, and inquisitive Kwakwaka’kwakw/Cree girl who invites us to ask questions with her. She dreams of being a voice-actor, or maybe a unicorn; and could spend all day singing to her guitar, impersonating weird creatures- and exploring the magic portals of the Internet. Growing up between the Musqueam Native reserve and social housing projects in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a neighbourhood infamous for its poverty and addiction-stricken community, Aisha has seen a lot for her 11 years.…
