Banchi Hanuse

History

Banchi Hanuse is an award-winning Indigenous Canadian filmmaker known for her documentary shorts. She is the founder of Q'umk'uts' (Bella Coola)'s Nuxalk Radio, a radio station keeping the Nuxalkmc language alive. Hanuse graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts in First Nations Studies.

Movies

Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun

Writer

An intimate and thrilling portrait of a young Siksika woman and the deep bonds between her father and family in the golden plains of Blackfoot Territory as she prepares for one of the most dangerous horse races in the world… bareback.

Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun

Director

Nuxalk Radio

Cinematography

A day in the life of 91.1, Nuxalk Radio, a radio station built to help keep the Nuxalkmc language alive while broadcasting the laws of the lands and waters.

Nuxalk Radio

Writer

A day in the life of 91.1, Nuxalk Radio, a radio station built to help keep the Nuxalkmc language alive while broadcasting the laws of the lands and waters.

Nuxalk Radio

Director

A day in the life of 91.1, Nuxalk Radio, a radio station built to help keep the Nuxalkmc language alive while broadcasting the laws of the lands and waters.

Nuxalk Radio

Self

A day in the life of 91.1, Nuxalk Radio, a radio station built to help keep the Nuxalkmc language alive while broadcasting the laws of the lands and waters.

Cry Rock

Producer

The wild beauty of the Bella Coola Valley blends with vivid watercolor animation illuminating the role of the Nuxalk oral tradition and the intersection of story, place and culture.

Cry Rock

Director

The wild beauty of the Bella Coola Valley blends with vivid watercolor animation illuminating the role of the Nuxalk oral tradition and the intersection of story, place and culture.