This workshop promotes the Tłı̨chǫ Way of Life including:
Preserves and promotes Tłı̨chǫ language and culture
Researches and promotes Tłı̨chǫ social, political and cultural history
Distributes promotional materials and publications
A Digital Story is a video project made by weaving photographs, voice, music and text together into a movie about the self.
A chance to think about who we are, where we belong and what is important to us, when we become the storyteller, we shift from passive consumers of media, to active creators. Instead of watching Youtube or Tiktok videos, we are the ones telling and sharing our stories.
Led by Jessie Curell of Hands On Media Education, this Intergenerational 5-Day workshop took place January 27th - 31st 2025 at the Kò Gocho Youth Centre in Behchokò, NWT.
We then began “Production” where our voices were recorded using iPads, which was then followed by matching our words to photos that we took ourselves, or had permission to use.
And finally, we moved into “Post-Production” exploring music options for our projects: music we recorded ourselves, had permission to use, or found online from royalty-free & copyright-free websites.
A highlight was a visit from The Tłı̨chǫ Drummers who were invited to play several songs for us which many new filmmakers used as their music track for their project.
A title and credits were added to each project, and our projects were complete.
Elders were then invited to create their own, with the assistance of Youth to help them complete their Digital Stories. In total, 12 Digital Stories were completed.
The Workshop Series concluded with a Community Feast and Screening Friday January 31st 2025, with many families and guests in attendance at the Cultural Centre in town.
A huge Masi Cho to Tony and Alice for all of your help organizing and setting up the week of workshops - we couldn’t have done it without you.
