“On the surface, I Am Gitxsan is a film on the Gitxsan Nation’s struggle for justice and dignity. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Gitxsan “laxyip” (territories), the film tells the story of the Gitxsan Nation’s hard fight against neo-colonialism, with an emphasis on its messages of oneness and peaceful co-existence for humanity. Beneath the surface, however, I Am Gitxsan is more than just a documentary on an Indigenous Nation; it is a hard-hitting moral parable about the power of good to overcome evil.

A shattered vase-like delicate assembly of the Gitxsan’s haunting story with animated recreations, the film is driven forward by the highly charged humanistic words and deeds of some of the most vocal members of this Indigenous Nation and allies such as the renowned trauma specialist Gabor Mate. This is a story of transcendence, survivorship, and the bravery of a Nation of 18,000 people in their ongoing fight to maintain and practice their heritage, as well as to strengthen their ownership of the land—a land whose harmony was disrupted when colonial settlers set foot on it in the 19th century.”