Chiefs and Mayors is an landmark digital media initiative that is following the story of Canada’s first ever ‘Collaborative Leadership Initiative’. In this history-making, made in Manitoba reconciliation project, a courageous team of First Nations Chiefs and municipal Mayors set out to confront Canada’s colonial past and shape a new, reconciled form of regional government. This 43min progress documentary illustrates how these passionate Chiefs and Mayors as forging new relationships, breaking down social barriers and attempting to reconcile 150 years of conflicting history.
Ultimately conceived as a broader interactive documentary, www.chiefsandmayors.tv truthfully depicts the evolution of this historic initiative, enabling viewers to interact with their gatherings, access stories about the individual Chief and Mayors, learn about their communities and see what reconciliation means to the Indigenous and non-Indigenous people they represent.
