"White Girls in Moccasins" by Yolanda Bonnell
UWinnipeg's Theatre and Film Department is pleased to present WHITE GIRLS IN MOCCASINS, by Bi/Queer 2 Spirit Anishinaabe-Ojibwe, South Asian mixed performer, playwright and multidisciplinary creator/facilitator Yolanda Bonnell.
White Girls in Moccasins is an urgent exploration of healing and reclamation of Indigenous culture. Miskozi (she is red) is an Anishinaabe-femme reeling from the effects of colonization. She is lost in a storm of pop-culture, gameshows, old lovers, and internalized whiteness. She is tired. She is searching. She is fighting. Out of the storm emerges Waabishkizi (she is white), a representation of the whiteness within, and offers a chance to meet the parts of ourselves we need to heal. All the while Ziibi (river), the ancestor, flows around the story offering a pathway, but only when we’re ready.
Through song, storytelling, and movement, this performance piece is an incredible opportunity to celebrate the continued power of Indigenous peoples to resist colonization and (re)discover their cultural practices.
White Girls in Moccasins runs Tuesday, April 1 through Friday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, April 5 at 4 p.m. in the Asper Centre for Theatre and Film, 400 Colony Street (enter from Balmoral).
Performance Length: Approximately 95 minutes, no intermission.