“The Healing Heart of Lushootseed” is a 40-minute documentary that tells the extraordinary story of how a diminutive great-grandmother tenaciously gathered support from unlikely corners for her most ambitious project: to heal the heart of the world. Her mission, 1. Commission an original symphony that embodied the compassion and healing power of her ancestral culture, 2. Convince the Seattle Symphony to perform it, 3. Have the symphony performed around the world. “It’s a spiritual gift from my people, it comes in the form of symphony” – Vi “taqʷšəblu” Hilbert, Upper Skagit Tribal elder.
Sat. Oct. 12 and Sun. Oct 13 at 4 p.m. A Q&A with the filmmaker, Jill La Pointe – granddaughter of the late Vi Hilbert – and Bruce Ruddell, the composer, will follow the film screening.
