We are thrilled to be able to share with you Making the Mystics: An Artistic Ceremony Documentary by Kim Senklip Harvey, a Green Thumb Theatre Production in collaboration with Kim Senklip Productions and The Cultch.

MAKING THE MYSTICS is a documentary honoring the transcendent nature of Tsilhqot’in culture explored through Kim Senklip Harvey’s artistic constitution. This feature film weaves through interviews with Interior Salish community members, and select scenes from Senklip Harvey’s first story for young audiences to illuminate the mystical powers of connecting with the land and ourselves. In Harvey’s signature style of fusing humor and hope, we are invited into intimate conversations, community places, and cosmic spaces to honor the feisty fortitude of the Tsilhqot’in Nation. This documentary ignites a fire for he youthful parts of all of our spirits, encouraging us to have the courage to honor the emotional complexities of living a full life.

Kim Senklip Harvey is a proud Syilx and Tsilhqot’in award-winning creator known for her ability to direct bold iconoclastic productions that inspire and delight. Kim was the first Indigenous woman to win the Governor General’s Award for Drama with her play Kamloopa to which she directed the 3-city world premiere. She is the director of 2 feature-length documentary films Break Horizons: A Concert Documentary and Making The Mystics. Kim is a 2-time recipient of a Netflix and Indigenous Screen Office fellowship. She is also currently writing on a CBC mini-series and her pilot Half Way Homeis currently in development with Sphere Media. Kim has her Masters in Creative Writing and is currently getting her Ph.D. in Law. Kim’s passion for storytelling lives within its transformational nature and works in service to her Indigenous Nations.

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Contact info@greenthumb.bc.ca to request your Digital Link today!

‍Please note: Green Thumb Theatre holds the distribution rights for all schools and reserve communities in British Columbia and throughout Canada, through 2027. If you are interested the film but are not from either of these groups, please reach out and we'll direct you accordingly.

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FILM CREDITS

Cast

JUNIPER Kelsey Kanatan Wavey

TOAST Sam Bob

DEYEN Renae Morriseau

DAT’SAN Nyla Carpentier‍‍

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‍Featuring

Cassius Billy

Harley Billy

Clayton Grice

Helen Haig-Brown

Matias Halverson Batke

Angela Hare

Mattias Montgomery

Willie Sellars

Thelma Stump

Dr. Roger William

‍Creative Team

DIRECTOR Kim Senklip Harvey

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Cameron Anderson

EDITOR Damien Eagle Bear

PRODUCTION DESIGN potatoCakes_digital –  Emily Soussana and Andrew Scriver

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Anna Garoucheva Gonzalez

FIRST ASST DIRECTOR AND COMPANY MANAGER Jan Hodgson

COMPOSER Melody McKiver

SOUND RECORDIST (ON LOCATION) Nina Lee

LANGUAGE CONSULTANT Dr. Roger Williams

‍Green Thumb Staff

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Rachel Aberle

GENERAL MANAGER Shannon Maung

PRODUCTION MANAGER Madelaine Walker

TOUR & COMPANY MANAGER Miku Beer

EDUCATION LIAISON Aliya Griffin

ACCOUNTANT Susan Cai

The Cultch Production Staff

PRODUCTION MANAGER Andrew McCaw

ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER Siobhan Powell

The Cultch Crew – IATSE local 118

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Cody Biles

HEAD AUDIO Neal Miskin

HEAD ELECTRICIAN Adam Prokop

VENUE TECHNICIAN Lauren Stewart

VENUE TECHNICIAN Chris MacCallum

Kim Senklip Productions

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Kim Senklip Harvey

PRODUCER Rachel Penny

Special Thanks

Williams Lake First Nation / the T’exelcemc

Tl’etinqox School

Williams Lake Public Library

Williams Lake Scout Island

Breanne Harmon

Heather Redfern

Terri and Harold Harvey