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Created and performed by Tannis Hugill and Barbara Bickel, Bearing Bloodlines: Ancestral Invocations intends to bring healing to the legacy of unprocessed trauma European ancestors brought to North America. Your donation supports the production of the video that will premiere in early 2026 followed by multiple screenings which include artist talkbacks.
We are honoured to have received an Original Contact Welcome and Blessing from Elder David Laxiya, a Snuneymuxw First Nations Knowledge Keeper on Gabriola Island, BC, Canada. All profits from this film will be donated to Niikinaaganaa Foundation, a Landback initiative in Canada.
Our work has been to radically trust in our hearts, minds and bodies
that this magical, miraculous process is guided by our Ancestors, who
in mysterious ways are demonstrating their commitment to support the
crucial intergenerational healing this ritual performance video is
intended to reveal.
*music by carol weaver
DONATION REQUESTS
Your financial support helps pay the film crew, rehearsals,
performance and travel expenses, editing, soundtrack and the hosting
of screenings of the completed work. Your donation serves as a
supportive witness to this offering and increases the possibility of
others' awakening to their own generational traumas and gifts.
Every single gift and donation matters, as they will ensure the
completion of our labor of love which we have developed for over seven
years. Donor offering gift details are on the side panel.
THANK YOU!
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DESCRIPTION OF THE RITUAL PERFORMANCE
The project incorporates ritual, embodied trance, storytelling, and ancestral puppets to connect and reconcile with the creators’ colonial ancestors. It serves as an initiatory creative model for difficult personal and collective acts of reconciliation between settler descendants and their ancestors. Thus, it seeks to humbly take responsibility for the traumatic impact of settler colonialism on Indigenous peoples and their lands.
This ritual performance video is intended as a teaching, in particular for descendants of settlers disconnected from their own ancestors, and original lands. In our experience we learned that our traumas could be healed and supported by loving ancestors, when witnessed by ancestral guides, each other, and the audience. This can lead to a vibrant source of creation and peace-building uniting humans across time and space.
Held within the container of sacred space, we honour the presence of two larger- than-life handmade puppets, each representing an ancient ancestral guide. These inspirited guides witness their descendants. Aided by familial hand-crafted relics, such as shawls and doilies, Tannis and Barbara enter the realms of their ancestors through embodied trance. Their stories unfold.
Gregory Wendt - Director of Photography & Editor
BUDGET FOR CREATION & PRODUCTION
Expenses
Team Hires
$1800.00 Videographer
$200.00 On-line Screening
Tech
$200.00 On-line Screening Moderator
$140.00 Screening
House Tech
$1500.00 Video Editor
$500.00 Sound Recording
Tech
$1,000.00 First Nations Elder
$320.00 Ancestral
Lineage Healing Practitioner
Rentals
$1040.00 Performance Recording Space Rentals
$990.00
Studio, Rehearsal, Screening Rentals
Performance Materials
$300.00 Costumes for all performers
$390.00 Puppet materials
Other
$1,170.00 Ferry travel
$450.00 Videographer travel
expenses
$300.00 Fundrazr video consulting
$1,200.00
Accommodation during video shoot
$300.00 Marketing
$200.00 Misc.
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$12,000.00 Total Expenses
Income for Ritual Performance On-line Screening & Talkback
$2500 (x 50) paying audience participants (estimated) for 2
showings @ $25/person
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- $2500 Total Estimated Income
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$9500 Total Funding Request
To learn more about Tannis
Hugill and Barbara
Bickel visit their websites.
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Perks
To thank you for your donation we will send a link to attend the premier ritual performance screening of Bearing Bloodlines: Ancestral Invocations that will take place in early November. In addition, you will receive access to the video after the event.
As a a supporter of this ritual performance production you will be acknowledged (if you choose) in the video credits as an ancestral witness. You will receive a link to attend the premier ritual performance screening and Talkback of Bearing Bloodlines: Ancestral Invocations that will take place in early November. In addition, you will receive access to the video after the event.
With gratitude for your support we offer you an individual ZOOM conversation. It is an opportunity to bring your questions, thoughts and ideas into conversation with Tannis and Barbara. In addition, you will be included in the credits (if you chose), and receive a link to attend the premier ritual performance screening and Talkback of Bearing Bloodlines: Ancestral Invocations that will take place in early November. In addition, you will receive access to the video after the event.
Conversations (if you chose to join the call) will take place in the months following the premier screening.
We are excited to share in a workshop format what we have learned over the many years of our combined creative and spiritual practices. These have enabled us to safely implement ancestral explorations, healing, integration and reconciliation into this artwork. The entry level workshop will offer you the basic elements of our creative processes.
In addition, you will receive a link to attend the premier ritual performance screening and Talkback of Bearing Bloodlines: Ancestral Invocations that will take place in early November, be acknowledged in the credits (if you chose) and receive access to the video after the event.
Workshops (if you chose to participate) will take place online in 2025.
For being an angel and believing in us, and this project, we offer you our deepest, deepest thanks. You will receive a link to attend the premier screening and Talkback, and be acknowledged as an ancestral witness in the credits. You will be offered a space in the entry level online workshop on the basic elements of our creative processes, and a ZOOM conversation with the artists. You will also receive access to the video after the event.
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To thank you for your donation we will send a link to attend the premier ritual performance screening of Bearing Bloodlines: Ancestral Invocations that will take place in early November. In addition, you will receive access to the video after the event.
As a a supporter of this ritual performance production you will be acknowledged (if you choose) in the video credits as an ancestral witness. You will receive a link to attend the premier ritual performance screening and Talkback of Bearing Bloodlines: Ancestral Invocations that will take place in early November. In addition, you will receive access to the video after the event.
With gratitude for your support we offer you an individual ZOOM conversation. It is an opportunity to bring your questions, thoughts and ideas into conversation with Tannis and Barbara. In addition, you will be included in the credits (if you chose), and receive a link to attend the premier ritual performance screening and Talkback of Bearing Bloodlines: Ancestral Invocations that will take place in early November. In addition, you will receive access to the video after the event.
Conversations (if you chose to join the call) will take place in the months following the premier screening.
We are excited to share in a workshop format what we have learned over the many years of our combined creative and spiritual practices. These have enabled us to safely implement ancestral explorations, healing, integration and reconciliation into this artwork. The entry level workshop will offer you the basic elements of our creative processes.
In addition, you will receive a link to attend the premier ritual performance screening and Talkback of Bearing Bloodlines: Ancestral Invocations that will take place in early November, be acknowledged in the credits (if you chose) and receive access to the video after the event.
Workshops (if you chose to participate) will take place online in 2025.
For being an angel and believing in us, and this project, we offer you our deepest, deepest thanks. You will receive a link to attend the premier screening and Talkback, and be acknowledged as an ancestral witness in the credits. You will be offered a space in the entry level online workshop on the basic elements of our creative processes, and a ZOOM conversation with the artists. You will also receive access to the video after the event.
