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Bulkley Valley Museum and Smithers Public Library are hosting a free screening of the National Film Board documentary Unzipped. The screening will be held at The Old Church on First Ave., in Smithers, on February 23 at 7:00 p.m.
In the new function Unzippedco-directors Hayley Gray and Elad Tzadok highlight community archives in British Columbia to reveal some of what has been erased from the official archive.
People and places left out of traditional archives and museums are often defined by the dominant power, but as UBC’s Dr. Henry Yu states, “the process of silencing makes a lot of noise.”
Keepers of local knowledge are plugging these gaps and hand-crafting a more comprehensive history through family photos, newspaper articles, and scratched-up old VHS tapes.
Ron Dutton started the British Columbia Gay and Lesbian Archive, collecting protest pamphlets, posters and even cabaret sets from the earliest days of Vancouver’s gay community. In the small mill town of Paldy, on Vancouver Island, a remarkable cross-cultural community was captured on Super 8 and 16mm film by the founders and their families. Regarding the landscape, anthropologist Dr. Imogen Lim points out how the plants serve as reminders of long-gone Asian communities.
These diverse archives tell stories of people who bond through work, play, protest, family and tradition. In doing so, they challenge larger institutions to revisit and address older narratives that no longer reflect the totality of our shared experiences. A hidden past is documented and preserved at the University of Victoria’s Trans Archive. At the Royal BC Museum, staff work tirelessly to right historical wrongs and find a new path to restorative justice for Indigenous people.
“Through a collage of personal interviews, archival images and footage, and deeply rooted memories, the past, present and future come together, fighting for a space where everyone is seen and everyone belongs,” a press release for the film says.
deb.meissner@interior-news.com
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