Film Screening: Nature Girl

Celebrate the arrival of spring with Candace Campo and Trent Maynard as they present their film Nature Girl. After the screening, Candace and Trent will engage in a discussion moderated by Joelle Johnston, Indigenous Liaison and Community Outreach.

Doors at 6:00pm
Screening at 6:30pm
Discussion at 7:00pm

Admission is by a suggested donation of $10-$20, courtesy of BMO Financial Group

RSVPs are helpful

Nature Girl (2024)
37 mins
Director: Trent Maynard
Writer: Candace Campo and Trent Maynard

Filmmaking duo Trent Maynard and Candace Campo spend five years documenting the surprising species living in a small wetland in the shíshálh Nation swiya. Using poetry and motion sensor cameras, this short film documents the intergenerational bear families using a multi-species scratching post and watering hole, alongside newts, frogs, elk, owls and bats.

About the Artists
Candace Campo, ancestral name xets’emits’a (to always be there), is a Shíshálh (Sechelt) member from the Sunshine Coast, BC. As the co-founder of Talaysay Tours with her spouse Larry, and now co-owned with their daughter Talaysay Campo, Candace provides Indigenous cultural and outdoor experiences. Trained as an anthropologist and teacher, she shares the stories and history of her people, focusing on Indigenous language and cultural revitalization. Candace’s mission is to train younger Indigenous members to connect with the land while running a successful intergenerational tour and education business.

Trent Maynard is a writer, media artist, filmmaker, and citizen scientist, of mixed settler Canadian ancestry, including Germanic, Celtic & English. They were born and raised and live as a guest between Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation and shíshálh Nation lands. Their art practice makes relationships with ecosystems and multispecies fellow citizens, using motion-sensor cameras, word art, filmmaking and storytelling collaborations.

The production of Nature Girl was generously supported by The Canada Council for the Arts

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