Events & Gatherings

Cinema at the Museum: Aberdeen

This June, Cinema at the Museum presents a series of films in honour of both Indigenous History Month and Pride Month. These films reflect on and examine themes of community, identity, representation, love, acceptance, and family from a wide range of Indigenous and 2SLGBTQ filmmakers.

Friday, June 6, 7 PM
Film: Aberdeen
Director: Ryan Cooper and Eva Thomas
Year: 2024
Runtime: 83 minutes
Country: Canada
Rating: 14A

An idyllic childhood with her mooshum and kookum (grandparents), in her community of Peguis First Nation dissipates as Aberdeen’s hard-partying and absentee parents distance her from that safe space. Now an adult, sleeping on public benches, the Winnipeg-based woman is in survival mode as the last remaining stable parts of her life begin slipping away.

This screening of Aberdeen is free and open to the public.

This film was selected by our film programming team from the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).