Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidemic. Witness the change brought by community members with substance-use disorder, first responders and medical professionals as they strive for harm reduction in the Kainai First Nation.
Spotlight on Harm Reduction Initiatives
Impact goals
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Empathy
Create empathy and an intention to care for people from the communities similar to those shown in the film.
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Normalize
Normalize harm reduction models in communities struggling with addiction and racism.
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Educate
Educate health service providers with prescribing powers on the efficacy of harm reduction.
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Access
Pave the way for Indigenous communities to have greater access to Indigenous-led harm-reduction centers.
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Filmmaker's Statement
Kimmapiiyipitssini is a Blackfoot teaching that reminds us that practising empathy and compassion is how we survive as a people. It is how our ancestors survived genocide and it is how we, as a community, will survive this crisis. Kimmapiiyipitssini is our harm reduction. As a filmmaker and a community member, I felt an urgency and a responsibility to document these radical changes and also honour the lives of those lost to this crisis. I am immensely proud of Kainai and everyone who is contributing to this monumental effort to save lives.” – Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
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Support
Visit this page to access a list of support lines if you or someone you know needs immediate support. There is also a list of educational resources on harm reduction, cultural safety, plus free courses to learn and understand more about this issue.
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Watch the film
Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidemic. Witness the change brought by community members with substance-use disorder, first responders and medical professionals as they strive for harm reduction in the Kainai First Nation.