The story:

“Auntie Whispers” is a short docu-style film created as part of an economic reconciliation project in partnership with the Indigenous LIFT Collective, Co-operators, Sunshine Coast Credit Union, Sunshine Coast Insurance Services Inc., reGEN media, and PowHERhouse. The seed for this project was planted in May 2022 at an intentional solutions-focused gathering called, The Table of Twenty, hosted by PowHERhouse.

The project developed through co-creative conversations with a focus to uplift twelve Indigenous women founders and non-binary entrepreneurs in their early stages of entrepreneurship. The cohort program was rooted in decolonized leadership development and is steeped in Indigenous ways of knowing and being.

The result is a narrative visualization featuring the unique stories and voices of a few of the cohort members, coupled with intentional sound design that pays attention to the value of whispers in a world that is often much too loud.