VIFF Live x Chan EXP: Jeremy Dutcher and Alanis Obomsawin

Two of the most compelling voices in Indigenous music and cinema meet for an intimate, unique and unforgettable evening of intergenerational story and song featuring award-winning Wolastoq tenor and composer Jeremy Dutcher and renowned Abenaki filmmaker and musician Alanis Obomsawin.

Song carrier Dutcher performs with his trio, blending songs from his community of Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick with neoclassical, jazz and pop influences. Obomsawin, hailed as “one of the most acclaimed Indigenous directors in the world,” offers a rare live performance of Bush Lady, her acclaimed and only full-length album, originally released in 1988. Accompanied by an ensemble led by Montreal’s Radwan Moumneh, this will be only Obomsawin’s third performance of this music since Constellation Records remastered and re-released the album in 2018.

Prior to the concert, Richard Hill, Smith Jarislowsky Senior Curator of Canadian Art, will give a pre-concert talk in the RBC Cinema at 7 PM.

Ticket prices vary. Gallery Members receive a 20% discount on up to 2 tickets. Members can email membership@vanartgallery.bc.ca to receive the code.

This special event is co-presented by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and the Vancouver International Film Festival, in partnership with the Vancouver Art Gallery.