NIPD 2023 Film Screening | 'Maker of Monsters: The Extraordinary Life of Beau Dick 

Join us June 21 for an Indigenous Peoples Day at the AGA with and enjoy two free film screenings. Our first screening at 11:30am is the documentary Maker of Monsters: The Extraordinary Life of Beau Dick and no registration is required. 

This screening is part of the AGA’s programming to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21.The gallery will be open to the public with free admission courtesy of the Capital Power Indigenous Art Fund. Join us from 11am to 5pm with free art activities, music, and performances. We will be screening a second film at 3:30pm called Slash/Back. See our full list of exhibitions here.  

About the Film

Maker of Monsters: The Extraordinary Life of Beau Dick is a portrait of a Canadian art legend, Beau Dick. He was an enigmatic carver from a small remote village on the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Beau Dick's remarkable masks have been celebrated across the global art scene as vibrant expressions of West Coast Indigenous culture and a sophisticated crossover into the contemporary art world.   

Director’s Biography 

Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer led the acclaimed dramedy Mohawk Girls to five award-winning seasons as its co-creator, director, and co-showrunner. She received four consecutive Canadian Screen Award nominations for Best Direction in a Comedy Series for  Mohawk Girls, and she has been honored at TIFF with the Birks Diamond Tribute Award. Tracey's debut narrative feature, Beans, is a coming-of-age story  inspired by her own experiences. 

About Film Night: Film Night is part of AGA’s public programming that highlights themes from current exhibitions or social and cultural affairs. This is a special National Indigenous People’s Day Film Screening. The regularly scheduled Film Night is the 2nd Thursday of the month. If you would like to be notified about upcoming films or to suggest a film for screening, please email Michael at Michael.Goto.Magnussen@youraga.ca. Alternatively, you can subscribe to our E-News or follow us @youraga on social media to get the latest news.