Tasha Hubbard

Dr Tasha Hubbard is a writer filmmaker and associate professor at the University of Alberta She is from Peepeekisis First Nation in Treaty Four Territory and has ties to Thunderchild First Nation in Treaty Six Territory Her academic research has focussed on Indigenous efforts to return the buffalo to the lands and Indigenous film in North America Her first solo writingdirecting project emTwo Worlds Collidingem NFB about Saskatoons infamous starlight tours premiered at imagineNATIVE in 2004 and won the Canada Award at the Gemini Awards in 2005 In 2017 she directed the NFBproduced feature documentary emBirth of a Familyem about a Sixties Scoop family coming together for the first time during a holiday in Banff It premiered at Hot Docs and landed on the topten audience favourites list It also won the Audience Favourite for Feature Documentary at the Edmonton International Film Festival and the Moon Jury prize at imagineNATIVE Her 2018 feature documentary emnpawistamsowin We Will Stand Upem is a personal exploration of the cost of the death of Colten Boushie and was selected to open the 2019 Hot Docs Canadian and International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto Her most recent documentary emSinging Back the Buffaloem will have its World Premiere at the Big Sky Film Festival in Montana in February 2024 We list her credits as a Director firstbr br Also see a hrefhttpswwwnorthernstarscanewssingingbackthebuffaloSinging Back the Buffaloabr Also see a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscanipawistamasowinwewillstanduphonouredathotdocsnpawistamsowin We Will Stand Up wins Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award at Hot Docsabr br