The film Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy follows Kainai First Nation in southern Alberta as the community’s approach to treating addiction shifts amidst a drug-poisoning crisis.
Screening in Williams Lake on Saturday, March 29 at the Cariboo Memorial Complex’s Gibraltar Room, Kímmapiiyipitssini documents life-saving changes taking place in the Blackfoot community.
Written, directed and co-produced by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, a member of Kainai First Nation, Kímmapiiyipitssini embraces the community’s teachings of empathy and compassion as means of survival.
