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How to Lose Everything

How to Lose Everything is a series of Indigenous animated short films that explore personal stories of loss with all five episodes available in English, French, and the Indigenous language of the writer. How to Lose Everything is inspired by Christa Couture's debut memoir of the same name, out now with Douglas & McIntyre.

From instructions on how to survive tragedy, to parallels between two Scottish and Inuit communities, to a bear named Jesus, the five stories in How to Lose Everything span nations, languages, and perspectives on heartache. The Indigenous team of writers, animators, directors and composers represent Cree, Ojibwe, Anishinaabe, Ktunaxa, Inuit, Chippewa, Potawatomi, Atikamekw, and Métis nations.

Show Info

Web channel: Canada CBC Gem (2023 - now)
Status: Running
Show Type: Animation
Episodes ordered: 5 episodes

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Previous Episode

Grape Soda in the Parking Lot

Episode 1x05; Jan 27, 2023

In "Grape Soda in the Parking Lot", animated in oil pastel paintings, Taqralik Partridge asks what if every language that had been lost to English — every word, every syllable — grew up out of the ground in flowers? Taqralik's grandmother's Scottish

Previous Episodes

Episode NameAirdateTrailer
1x05: Grape Soda in the Parking LotJan 27, 2023
1x04: There Are Hierarchies of GriefJan 27, 2023
1x03: Heart Like a Pow WowJan 27, 2023
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