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Into the Light: An Interpretation of Two Research Papers

  • Jessie Huggett

  • Rachel Gray

Into the Light: An Interpretation of Two Research Papers is a short film written and performed by Jessie Huggett and Rachel Gray. The film was directed and animated by Gray and choreographed by Huggett. The film is an interpretation of the following 2021 research papers: “Projecting Eugenics and Performing Knowledges” by Evadne Kelly, Seika Boye, and Carla Rice, and “Elements of a Counter‐exhibition: Excavating and Countering a Canadian History and Legacy of Eugenics” by Evadne Kelly, Dolleen Tisawii’ashii Manning, Seika Boye, Carla Rice, Dawn Owen, Sky Stonefish, and Mona Stonefish. The film was funded by Bodies in Translation: Activist Art, Technology, and Access to Life (a SSHRC Partnership Grant co-directed by Carla Rice and Eliza Chandler).