Filmmaking duo Trent Maynard and Candace Campo, ancestral name xets’emits’a (to always be there), spend five years documenting the surprising species living in a small wetland in the shíshálh Nation swiya. Using poetry and motion sensor cameras, this short film documents the intergenerational bear families using a multi-species scratching post and watering hole, alongside newts, frogs, elk, owls and bats.

This event is being showcased at the Preparing for Potlatch Art Show in ch’ḵw’elhp, Gibsons bc, on the homeland of the Skwxwú7mesh ulmixw

Debut Film Event: Nature Girl - Film Debut
Date: June 13, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: @gpagart Address: 431 Marine Dr, Gibsons, BC V0N 1V0