təm kʷaθ nan (Namesake )

Overview

A film about place, memory, and what it means to live together. In the coastal community widely known as Powell River, a request from the Tla’amin Nation sets off a public conversation. What happens when a place is asked to remember differently? Through interviews, archival records, oral histories, and community gatherings, təm kʷaθ nan (Namesake) follows the unfolding discussion around a possible name change for the city and the deeper question beneath it. Whose stories live in the place we call home?