"First Stories: Volume II features Power of a Horse, Life Givers: Honouring Our Elders and Children, O Mother, Where Art Thou? and ati-wîhcasin (It's Getting Easier), four new short films from four emerging Saskatchewan filmmakers, Tessa Desnomie, Cory Generoux, Jainine Windolph and Paul John Swiderski." -- From container
Power of a Horse: "...is the moving account of filmmaker Cory Generoux dealing with the scars that racism left on his life - both as its recipient and perpetrator. This potent, short film reveals a simple and beautiful lesson that changed his life."
Life Givers: Honouring Our Elders and Children: "'Some say when a child dies, you lose your future, and when an elder dies, you lose your past.' Life Givers: Honouring Our Elders and Children is a poignant short film that testifies to the need to grieve and honour the memory of loved ones."
O Mother, Where Art Thou?: "...finds Paul John Swiderski taking stock of his adoptive family and all that they've provided for him: security and well-being. The people who've raised him are his family and that seems like enough, but when a cousin asks about his birth mother, Paul begins to wonder about his other family."
ati-wîhcasin (It's Getting Easier): "In this short film, filmmaker Tessa Desnomie celebrates the life and times of her grandmother, Jane Merasty. Born and raised on the trapline, this Woodlands Cree woman has witnessed significant changes throughout her vigorous 80 years." -- Provided by publisher