Banchi Hanuse

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Banchi Hanuse
EducationSchool of Art
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Known forDocumentary Film

Banchi Hanuse is a Canadian indigenous filmmaker.

Early life and education

Hanuse holds a Bachelor of Arts in First Nations Studies from the University of British Columbia. She currently resides in Bella Coola. [1]

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Hanuse has worked at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as a production assistant and project coordinator. Her most well known projects at the NFB include the Finding Dawn, directed by Christine Welsh and Our World, a digital storytelling workshop for remote Indigenous communities. [2]

Haunse also helped found Nuxalk Radio, a radio station based out of the Nuxalk village of Q'umk'uts' (Bella Coola). [3]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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References

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