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DESCRIPTION:Film Screening & Discussion with director Courtney Montour and 
 HIV educator Michael Keshane.\n\nABOUT THE FILM:\n\nIndigenous peoples fac
 e some of the highest rates of sexual and physical violence\, substance ab
 use\, HIV and suicide in all of Canada. But statistics never tell the whol
 e story.\n\nSex Spirit Strength follows Michael and Jack\, two young Indig
 enous men\, as they shed the stigma and shame associated with their sexual
  health and gender identity. Michael\, a former addict who lived a high-ri
 sk lifestyle that left him with permanent scars\, hopes his activism work 
 will discourage other young people from going down the same path. Jack\, a
  transgender gay man\, is committed to bringing pride back to two-spirit i
 dentity through education and activism.\n\nWith a compassionate lens\, Sex
  Spirit Strength takes a candid look at the challenges and triumphs of the
 se two brave young men as they reconcile their past\, embrace their identi
 ties\, and strive to make a positive difference in their communities.\n\nO
 fficial Trailer: Click HERE\n\nGUESTS:\n\nCourtney Montour is Mohawk from 
 Kahnawake. She works in the documentary film and new media fields explorin
 g issues of Indigenous identity. She recently completed her first feature 
 documentary Sex Spirit Strength (Mohawk Princess Pictures)\, and four epis
 odes of the new APTN youth doc series Dream Big (Mohawk Princess Pictures/
 Rezolution Pictures). She co-directed the experimental short K-Town with T
 racey Deer and Brittany LeBorgne. Her upcoming projects include directing 
 several episodes of documentary series Mohawk Ironworkers (Mushkeg Media) 
 and Working It Out Together (Rezolution Pictures). She currently coordinat
 es Â鶹Éç’s Indigenous Field Studies course\, held in Kahnawake
 .\n\nMichael Keshane\, 27\, is a traditional Saulteaux youth living with H
 IV. He grew up in North Central Regina\, Saskatchewan where he lived a hig
 h-risk lifestyle. With the support of his grandmother\, Michael followed a
  path to sobriety and reconnected with his culture and traditions. He is a
 n activist on HIV prevention\, often speaking about his personal experienc
 e\, and is passionate about supporting Aboriginal people living with HIV i
 n urban areas. He embraced filmmaking as a vehicle for his own healing and
  creates films based on his experiences of learning how to navigate life f
 rom the people he respects. His short documentary about his grandmother Gi
 ving Up the Ghost\, was screened at the 2014 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Ar
 ts Festival in Toronto. His fifth and most recent short doc For When Dying
  is a Gift documents his personal journey through the creative and emotion
 al challenges of making art and submitting it to an important film festiva
 l. Michael will be attending Humber College in September 2015 to earn his 
 Bachelor of Film and Media Art Production. He continues to reside in Toron
 to.\n\n \n\nIn partnership with the McCord Museum\, Indigenous Access McGi
 ll and First Peoples' House.\n
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LOCATION:J. Armand Bombardier Theatre\, McCord Museum\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\
 , H3A 1E9\, 690 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Film Screening: Sex Spirit Strength
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