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February 2009
 Producer
Fred Rickard (Cree) is a community
activist in his hometown of Moose Factory, Ontario. He is the
co-founder with Paul M. Rickard of the Weeneebeg Film Festival
and has served as the festival’s co-executive producer since
2003. Rickard is currently in training as a documentary director
with Muskeg Media, working on the indigenous language series “Finding
Our Talk.” In 2009 he served as a guest selector for NMAI’s
Native American Film + Video Festival. Rickard is an accomplished
radio announcer on local radio stations CHMO-1450 and Wawatay
Radio. He has also been a mentor for youth filmmaking in Moose
Factory and has been deeply involved in other community activities
such as the James Bay Dialysis Advocacy Group and the Youth Action
Group.
"What I would like to (see is) Native people, our own people,
represented on film. I’ve seen a lot of films from other
countries, like Japan, China, Italy, Germany. Those films celebrate...their
way of life...their history, their language and their heritage.
I (would like) to make a short film that represents our people
from Moose Factory (in terms of) who they are in a normal situations
and...to document it (as a) celebration of language, love and
heritage...."
Image credits: Fred
Rickard - photograph by Tim Warner
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