Speaker Damien Eagle Bear
Niitsitapi, amateur physicist, frybread-eating machine, Damien Eagle Bear is a multifaceted filmmaker from the Kainai First Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Damien started with the short experimental documentary Napi, which asks the question, what will happen when the Blackfoot trickster gets behind the camera? The film premiered at the opening night of the 37th American Indian Film Festival in 2012. Since then, Damien has continued to expand his skillset, from directing to producing, including premiering two films, q’sapi times and Big Momma at the Vancouver International Film Festival in the same year.
With his latest project, he returns to directing with his first feature documentary #skoden, which delves into the origins of NDN countries’ most iconic meme to redefine the man at the center of it all. Damien’s work explores the themes of belonging and Indigenous resiliency.
Speaking on: Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum #2 Unscripted/Documentary
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