Rosemary Georgeson is a Coast Salish and Sahtu Dene filmmaker and multi-media artist. Georgeson was born on Galiano Island in British Columbia, Canada.[1] Her work ranges from film, theatre, radio to involvement in the culinary arts. Georgeson was the Aboriginal Community Director of Urban Ink Productions 2002-2011, and has worked with the company since its inception in 2001. In 2014 Georgeson was invited to the position of Aboriginal Storyteller in Residence at the Vancouver Public Library.[2] Much of Georgeson's work highlights the unrecorded contributions that Indigenous women have made within the dying fishing industry. Raised in a fishing family on Galiano Island in the Southern gulf islands of British Columbia, Georgeson spent many years working and living on fish boats. An important component of Georgeson's work involves collaborating with other artists and community members.
Filmography
edit- 2011 - Squaw Hall: A Community Remembers[3] - Georgeson worked in collaboration with Twin Fish Theatre company from Nelson, British Columbia on the Squaw Hall Project[4]. The project was produced over a period of 2 years (2009-2011) and the results included A Community Remembers film and a theatre production, Damned if you do, What if you don't.[5] Both were developed in collaboration with youth and elders in the small community of Williams Lake in the interior of British Columbia. Community members from the Secwepemc, Carrier, and Tsilhqot'in nations guided the collaboration with Georgeson.[3]
- 2013 - We Have Stories: Women in Fish[6][7][8][9][10] - A documentary that explores the role of women in the British Columbia fishing industry.
Non-film work
edit- 2002 - "Rare Earth Arias" (Women writers from the Downtown Eastside)[11]
- 2005 - "We're All in This Together: Negotiating Collaborative Creation in a Play about Addiction"[12] [13][14]
- 2013 - "Learning from Our Mistakes: Building Relationships through the Arts with First Nations Communities"[15]
- 2013 - "Women in Fish: Multimedia & Live Performance" at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival[16][17]
- 2014 - "Alternative Sovereignties: Decolonization Through Indigenous Vision and Struggle" (Speaker panel)[18]
Personal awards and honors
edit- Women in Fish (CBC 4 part radio series and documentary) was shortlisted for a Jack Webster Award for Best Documentary[19]
References
edit- ^ "Rosemary Georgeson". Open Doors Project. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- ^ "Vancouver Public Library - News & Press Releases". www.vpl.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- ^ a b "PROJECTS". nicola harwood. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ Birchwater, Sage. "Lakecity youth meet lieutenant-governor - Williams Lake News". Williams Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
- ^ "PROJECTS". nicola harwood. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
- ^ "Women in Fish - Urban Ink". Urban Ink. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ Consultants, Hallenbeck (2015-07-29), We Have Stories Trailer, retrieved 2017-04-11
- ^ "Jessica Hallenbeck: Gone Fishing: Indigenous Women's Labor and the Urbanization of Vancouver". UBC Graduate Studies. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
- ^ http://vancouvermovingtheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Project-Evaluation-Report-Women-in-Fish-C.-Brown.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Brown, Christa (13 January 2014). "Project and Evaluation Report:Documenting the Community Outreach Process for Women in Fish at the 10th Annual Downtown Eastside Hearth of the Ciry Festival" (PDF).
- ^ "hackwriters.com -Urban Ink Productions present Rare Earth Arias". www.hackwriters.com. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ "We're All in this Together | Vancouver Moving Theatre". vancouvermovingtheatre.com. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ Marie, Victoria (July 2007). "Vancouver Moving Theatre" (PDF). Evaluation Report. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
- ^ "Playwrights | Playwrights Theatre Centre". Playwrights Theatre Centre. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
- ^ "Learning from Our Mistakes: Building Relationships through the Arts with First Nations Communities | Vancouver Moving Theatre". vancouvermovingtheatre.com. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ liisah (16 October 2013). "Women in Fish |". www.heartofthecityfestival.com. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ Lyon, Christine. "Women in Fish shines light on fateful West Coast tale". North Shore News. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ "Concurrent Panel Speakers | Alternative Sovereignties ConferenceAlternative Sovereignties Conference". blogs.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ "Women in Fish - Urban Ink". Urban Ink. Retrieved 2017-04-04.