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Darryl Nepinak

Salteaux/Cree

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An alumna of the Aboriginal Broadcasting Training Initiative, Darryl Nepinak made his first film,聽Last of the Nepinaks, in 2005. Since then, the Salteaux/Cree filmmaker has earned acclaim on the festival circuit for satiric videos that riff on Indigenous representation and experience. With聽Zwei Indianer Aus Winnipeg, commissioned by imagineNATIVE in 2009, he borrows a German-language sixties novelty song to craft a madcap tale of ersatz 鈥淚ndians.鈥 NFB credits include聽My Indian Name聽(2006) and a series of shorts made for聽Here at Home聽(2012), a web documentary on homelessness. A mentor, curator and occasional performer, he is active with the Winnipeg Film Group and has hosted live events at the Plug In Institute for Contemporary Arts.