Ayoungman
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Ayoungman
On March 17, 2019, 24-year-old Kristian Ayoungman was fatally shot in a racially motivated murder that shocked the Siksika Nation. In two Alberta, Canada, communities, a movement arose demanding Kristian’s murderers be brought to justice. Holly Fortier and Larry Day’s candid documentary depicts the unity and resilience of the Siksika Nation and the town of Strathmore, Alberta, while also underlining the sobering reality that a high percentage of Canadian homicide victims are Indigenous people.
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Biographies
Holly Fortier is an actor, as well as a director, writer, and producer, who has appeared in such productions as Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007). She is also an expert on Indigenous treaties and law, history, and cultural traditions, and she facilitates culture awareness training across Alberta, Canada, and beyond. She previously made A Mother’s Voice, a film about her mother Lina Gallup’s experience as a child and teen separated from her family and forced to attend a residential school.
Larry Day was a longtime Calgary, Alberta, news anchor who went on to form Pyramid Productions with his wife, Kirstie McLellan Day, which created entertainment shows and documentaries, including 30 for A&E Biography. In the last several years, he partnered with Two Canoes Media to tell stories of Indigenous people. Larry passed away Sept. 23, 2021.