(Cree/Métis/Danish), originally published in the 2019 anthology
: The story serves as a critique of European colonization. It asks whether humanity can imagine a future that isn't tied to "violent expansion" or if moving to a new planet simply repeats the patterns of settler colonialism. Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Futurism history of the new world adam garnet jones pdf upd
In the landscape of Indigenous cinema, few short films carry the quiet, devastating weight of Adam Garnet Jones’ History of the New World (2015). Far from a conventional historical documentary, this 13-minute speculative drama reimagines the moment of European contact from an Indigenous perspective—turning the camera away from the colonizers and onto the lived reality of those who have long been silenced in mainstream narratives. few short films carry the quiet