Je suis une maudite sauvagesse

Je suis une maudite sauvagesse / Eukuan nin matshi-manitu innushkueu

Torn away from the nomadic lifestyle, uprooted, and forced into outrageous living conditions on the reservations near Sept-Îles—the tragedies of the First Nations are lucidly and boldly condensed in the words of Innu author An Antane Kapesh. Her scathing indictment of colonization rages in an agile and meticulous prose. First translated and published in 1976, it remains an essential must-read for everyone.

The Port-Royal Readings

As we increasingly come to question the narratives that make up our history, what do we really know about the places where our theatre venues are located? What is their ancestral significance? How can we occupy them in different ways? Founded in Acadia in 1606, Port-Royal is the earliest fur trading post between French settlers and the Mi’kmaq Nation. It is also the place where the first French-language play was staged. When it was inaugurated in 1967, in celebration of Canada’s 200th anniversary, the performance hall of the current Théâtre Jean-Duceppe was named Théâtre de Port-Royal. This series of readings questions the power relationships between civilizations that define our stories. The voices of Innu poet An Antane Kapesh, legendary writer Réjean Ducharme, and essayist and playwright Pierre Lefebvre unite to raise awareness on the dynamics of oppression.

Produced by Productions Menuentakuan + Festival TransAmériques
Text An Antane Kapesh © Mémoire d’encrier, 2019
Directed by Charles Bender
Performed by Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
Innu-aimun Language Coach Yvette Mollen
Lighting Design Marc Parent
Subtitles created with and operated by Simon Riverin
Subtitle Design Nicolas Noël Jodoin
Lighting Design Assistant and Stage Manager Pierre Lavoie
Stage Manager Adèle Saint-Amand
Translation into French José Mailhot
Translation into English Sarah Henzi, Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Presented in association with Place des Arts

Webcast : Productions Extérieur Jour
Director and Director of photography Jérémie Battaglia
Production Manager Elodie Pollet
Camera Maxime Huot-Pelletier + Benjamin Schiavi-Paris
Lighting Juliette Dumaine
Editing Jean-Vital Joliat
Make-up Audrey Toulouse
Sound Recordist Stéphane Barsalou
Video subtitles Nicolas Noël Jodoin
Coordination FTA Émilie Rochon