Tina Winterlik: Red Dress Song- Raising Awareness about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Red Dress Song- Raising Awareness about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

From Amanda Rheaume's music video for Red Dress. (Still from YouTube)

I started to cry when I heard this song, it's very emotional.

"The song examines how there are two sides to every story. According to a press release, it is a reaction to those who blame the victims, without considering the impact that years of colonization have had on indigenous women"

.http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/red-dress-raises-awareness-of-mmiwg-1.3510739?cmp=abfb

RED DRESS LYRICS:

I see the…
line of all the broken hearts
Lining up to tell their side
To the already one sided told story

Years of cycles in my mind
It seems to be the ones we love
Somewhere I learned to say I was sorry

Take me down to the river
Citylights in my eyes
I've got my red dress on tonight.

Take me down to the river
Citylights are in my eyes
I've got my red dress on tonight
I've got my red dress on tonight

I never wanted to be a drifter
I am a woman with no worth
Somewhere, I learned to say I was sorry

©2016 Amanda Rheaume

BUY ON ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/red...

All proceeds will be donated to the Native Women's Association of Canada, Safety and Violence Prevention Program.

Special Thanks to Jaime Black and the REDress Project.
http://www.redressproject.org

Directed & Edited by CutCartel (http://www.thecutcartel.com)

Red Dress written by Amanda Rheaume and Jim Bryson (http://www.jimbryson.com)

Vocals by Amanda Rheaume (http://www.amandarheaume.com) and Chantal Kreviazuk (http://www.chantalkreviazuk.com)

Dancer: Aria Evans

Costume design by Twiss & Weber (http://www.twissandweber.com)

https://www.facebook.com/REDressProject/

http://www.redressproject.org

http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1448633299414/1448633350146

http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1448633299414/1448633350146
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/red-dress-exhibit-honours-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-1.3438402
http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/home/culture/artistic-expressions/jaime-black/about-the-redress-project.html
http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2015/09/28/redress-project-for-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women.html

The REDress Project is an “art-turned-protest display created in 2010 by Métis artist Jaime Black to represent First Nations women and girls who have been victims of violence, and as a call to action to prevent future violence. The project has been displayed in public spaces across the country including the Canadian Museum of Human Rights. “An empty garment of clothing operates as a marker for those who are no longer with us,” Black has stated.

Although Indigenous women make up four pre cent of Canada’s female population, 16 per cent of women murdered in Canada between 1980 and 2012 were Indigenous. In 2014 RCMP identified a total of 1,181 missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
http://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/news/367734951.html

The REDress Project INstallation at The Canadian Museum of Human Rights-photo credit: Garry (flicker photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/24506073@N06/15821893919/)

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Red Dress Song- Raising Awareness about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

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