Good morning, holy father. Thank you for the early rise. Thank you for today. May others be as fortunate as I am protect the good people. The world help all the ones that are in the darkest. Find a way back to your son, holy father. Protect my son and my twin brother, my two sisters, my oldest brother and olive loved ones protect the good people of the world protect their families. Help us find your truth, father to have faith in your holy Son, father, thank you for this day. Amen
Good morning, all hope you're doing well. Be kind have courage. Every day is a blessing amen.
1992 A Native Vision was the result of a grant from the Canadian Native Arts Foundation to work on my film When Wires Cross which eventually became 7 Fires 4 U Kitchi Manitou, an experimental narrative that came out of the Oka crisis of 1990. it was a difficult film to get done, I was told it was too political at various times, told it would just increase the politics heat at the time. John Kim Bell gave me a bit of money to research so I ended up going to Oka after my work with the Karen Jamieson dance company. They went to Fredericton and I went to Quebec to research all the aspects of the Oka crisis less than two years before the July 11th. standoff so this is the result of that early research, a research video plus sharing a bit about myself in understanding my past and and all that resulted from those early years
I recorded this off Youtube, bypacked images like the days of Stan Brakhage, who Canadian filmmakers late David Rimmer, the living extraordinaire AL Razutis, Both my teachers Another early filmmaker in my 8mm, 16mm days, was American filmmaker Jim McBride, who would take a picture of every Camera Angle , I think of what was shown on TV. So long ago, He is in his early 80s now, but I liked his work, and did the same thing back in 83, or 84 with a Bolex 16mm spring camera. The film is lost in time, some images I found on video, but over exposed film , limited video technology, learning years. Sorry about that folks . Created in the hope of saving others from......May God's love and peace be with you all
Good morning, holy father. Thank you for the early rise. May others be as fortunate as I am. Protect me Father, protect my son and his family, my twin brother, my two sisters and oldest brother, their families, protect the good people of the world. So others be as fortunate as I am. Help the ones who are in darkness. Help me father to know what is real and what is fake and be weary of scammers. Evil Dividers and creators of strife, and hate. Help me find the right people to do your work. Help me to focus on my work for you. Father lead me to the way to the people who will help do your work that you want me to do. Holy father. Thank you for this day amen
Good morning all , have courage, be kind. We made it through another week. God is great God is good
Good day , holy Father on your heavenly throne. how glorious you are in giving us another day, the sacredness of time in your hands , allowing us to come back to you in all our imperfections. Protect us in this increasingly dangerous world, we are at your mercy , living within your grace, as we move forward in your time. Miigweech. Amen
WARNING Following not for children. Younger teens with parental guidance. Play contains suggestive words pertaining to imaginary depictions of history in the late 1700s. Fifteen years after that time of absolutism, revolutionary battles and resistance. The playwright shares an imaginary rendition of the imprisonment of inmates in an Asylum in the 1800s based on the assassination of revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday.
TILMCOM, The Indigenous Literacy Manufacturing Company presents Former Summer Students of Spirit Song Native Theatre Summer Program 1988. Director of Summer Program, Sadie Worn Staff. Drama Instructors Diane Browne Donald Morin
Instructors Assistants & Actors Sam Bob Aaron Pointe
Apologies on not showing Student Names, Lost in Time
"Marat/Sade" is a two-act play written by German-Swedish author Peter Weiss, first performed in 1964. Set in the Charenton asylum in 1808, the play portrays an imaginative reenactment of the assassination of revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday, occurring exactly fifteen years after the event.
As young instructors back then, we were not sure of why the Director wanted this play, for young indigenous students. But now in hindsight, I often thought, was it because of the residential school repercussions on the indigenous families at times , inter-generational trauma, and all that was part of the tragic results of Canada's Failed Assimilation polices
Good day all, I had the honetech capturing software for some time now, but when I updated to Honetech 7, the green demarcation appeared as I told many early in later captures of footage. Well, in order to get RIO ISLAND up for Warren Arcand, I wanted to resolve that demarcation issue, so off I went to Google land ha ha. But I did find A copy of Honetech 5 on an Archival site online. SO I Was able to download it , install it on my HP and the demarcation is gone. I thank the lord for that :-) So now capturing footage for a potential redo of a show, and other works.
So here we raise our hands up to old technology. As we were able to record this show from 1988, when I was a SFU student. Great talent here. I am working now on the following show Sea Street, which was re-written into a larger cast play for this summer program.
Sea Street was commissioned by the Surrey Teachers Association when they contacted me about doing a show on Native issues. It was 1985, I just did a strong role in The Young Poundmaker by playwright Ernie Carefoot for Hub Theatre in Saskatoon. I read for the part in a lady Director's house in East Van, got the part, they flew me to Saskatoon, where we rehearsed for eight days to be ready for a week run of a new play. It star Gordon Tootoosis, Tantoo Cardinal, myself, Carol Greyeyes, Patriarch Victor ThunderChild, ( who Met Diefenbaker,) and other talented actors. I was unsure of my ability to do such a play, but it did not stop me, A young university student, I wrote and performed it as a one man show , directed by Colin MacPherson.. It was remounted again in 1987 for The Indigenous World Conference as a two person show with actually Tracy McCollister, I believe, who was amazing. Again Colin MacPherson directed this work. And finally in1988, it became a larger cast play which will be up shortly. This stream preceded Sea Street https://youtu.be/FoN5ZIbQ6go
One of my student's works from NEC 2003 or 2004 lol Christmas is around the corner 🙂
TILMCOM, The Indigenous Literacy Manufacturing Company Presents A Native Education Digital Filmmaking Class presentation of How Danica Saved Christmas.
The student was a talent young man, his actor dropped out, and I filled the spot to save his class assignment lol. Enjoy as Christmas is around the corner lol
I book-ended Robert's Stream with a beginning quote by the late Frank Paul's mother. Google the sad story of Mr. Paul . Ask your parents first, it may be a sad story for children. The end of Robert's stream included my company log and an excerpt from an old song of Mr. Morin's early works https://youtu.be/lbogt1TZ8WI?si=I21cc3LeU7Nj_P0Y
Good Morning Holy Father, Thank you for allowing me to understand your ways. Thank you for allowing me to understand your usage of time, the molding of my clay as you shape me to work with creative ideas about you, your son, and how fallen we are in our journey in life. Start, Stop, Learn , repeat. Spirits attack us daily, What was Rio Island About Lord, The Dream you gave me 1987 thirty -eight years ago.
The words you gave me as I wrote this play. Then creating a similar Desktop Video Edit of this show early 1992 when I had that genlock and Amiga Commodore system, Yet, I taped over the beginning of the show for another Performance Stream which was an early beginning of NDNs & DOGs, but Stopped at at 20 minutes before I realized I was taping over that work. Yet it is through your hands that all comes together. To export 20 minutes of what I did yesterday, and to find that original VHS edit the day before was not coincidence.
There it was as I check out that damaged edit....I push play on the VHS deck, I stopped the accidental recording just before twenty minutes. And there was the theatre edit of the documentation footage edited with the colour footage of the performance piece. So thank you Father for Al Razutis for being the excellent experimental filmmaker who taught me, Thank you for the late Kenny Bishoff , who introduced me to Emile Daley who painted the acrylic painting of the blond head avec heart and Indian head, I copied over the killing of the two witnesses, as the false Jesus was painted tainted by the minions of The Devil. The Archetype couple WOMAN I & WOMAN II continue life in the passive active space of flesh in God's time. Yes Father , I hear you, protect me, teach me, I feel you appointing and positioning of my journey. Miigweech Thank you for the late Warren Arcand ,brought class to this play avec his portrayal of MAN III, a minion of the Devil. And thank you for his critique an early writing after this play, to keep my vision clear and concise, Another re-write to do, Stories of Redemption of what greed destroyed. Thank you for the late Deborah Charlie, who brough life to the words I shared, as she lived and survived the evils of man. God bless her Father. she told me her stories of abuse and hate against her because of her skin, just like my other friend, an indigenous visual artist, performer and producer in community works for her people and all. Thank you for Colin MacPherson, who brought me into his free acting /directing workshop to work with the people of the DTES then, helping Colin as he gave a voice of the people through his theatre directing and teaching. Thank you for Denis Brillion , who brought the FIRST WOMAN to life, Thank you for Wayne LaRivere , who helped me through Spirit Song Theatre to bring on the talented actors in this Performance Piece. Thankyou for Royhaten Town who brought a unique perspective of WOMAN III, a minion of the antichrist. Thank you to Piet van Dugteren who portrayed the Christ figure, who was, is and will be, even when he is portrayed as a lie. Lies today, so many father.
And now as I see when I created this pieces as a student artist, I did not understand why there is this religiosity that is in my work at times, but it is through your hands I work, live and wil return to you in your time. Thank you for RIO ISLAND being reborn today, after ala the attacks, and days of surviving this world we wake and and live each day you decide to gift us daily Amen.
Good morning all , finally, RIO ISLAND is ONLINE And ready for the digital world in a time of prophecies, false prophets, evil and good pushing people through a mad world of journeys, rests, and pleasure. Love to all, I do not know what I was thinking back then, but it was what it was XOXO to all. Be kind, have courage amen XOXO
In Memory of Jimy SIdlar RIP Thank u Creator 4 this day & all u give us. Have a safe day & week Folks. In The words of Greenland Mask Dancer and Filmmaker Laila Kristina Hansen
"Live Life to the fullest , but walk gently On This Earth "
AS I assume most see my web habits here and there. Today, instead of re-copy the data from my donald morin page to here. The prayer is in the stream description. The re-appropriated news story regarding the Charles Kirk killing is on that page and now here. Except I shared that data Image on RIchard Lett's page. A brilliant comedian and writer in previous times, and now creating some controversary avec his words on that tragic incident. It's a Strange Brave New World. Where Social Media is the new SOMA to quell the human, but Moreso to program, to incite and work to destroy the bonds we share as good people. bent down to fear, mistrust , ridicule, mockery, pride and spite. Nothing I care for, or is of God's good grace. Take care all
