Indigenous Filmmaker. Agency:.A coproduction of the National Film Board of Canada and POV Spark.

Writer, Jess Murwin ; director, Jess Murwin ; producer, David Oppenheim ; executive producer, Anita Lee ; director of photography, Jess Murwin ; sound recordist, Jess Murwin, Charly Gilpin ; editor, Charly Gilpin ; sound designer, Amanda Ann-Min Wong ; re-recording mixer, James Bastable.

Featuring, Kennlin Bawlow, Lenita Denny, Duane Isaac, Paige Isaac, Misiksk Jadis, Isaac Jeddore Gould, Dante Joe Pierro, Geordy Marshall, Jennifer Murrin, Tyler Patterson, Margaret Robinson, John R. Sylliboy, Rosie Sylliboy, Stéphanie Vautour, Rowan White.

Recorded 2020.

Queerness, Indigeneity, integration, and love are only some of the themes explored is Love Is the First Sacred Lesson, an intimate short doc that blends live action with animation. Through this highly personal film, Jess Murwin explores their Mi'kmaq identity while figuring out how to be in the world. Triggered by their grandmother's death, Jess returns home in search of answers and discovers parts of their heritage along with cherished kinship.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).