Transcript of Unrestricted

This brief film combines contemporary music with images and video of Claire, the film maker, engaged in creating with their hands. There is no narration.

Claire is an Autistic Métis woman with long brown hair worn down or in a bun on top of her head.

This transcript describes key visuals in the film.

White title on black screen reads unrestricted.

The thumb on Claire’s light-skinned hand touches each of her other fingers in sequence. There is a green pillow and beige fabric in the background.

Video of Claire doing Métis beadwork in fast forward time. A completed beaded flower and piles of beads appear in front of her. Claire wears a yellow shirt and the viewer can see their long brown hair in the shot.

Claire sits in the grass scraping a deer hide.

Claire kneels on a bedroom floor and cuts out a leather patch.

Claire sits on wooden steps cutting out words in wood with an electric router.

Claire sits on the ground beside the tire of a truck. She picks up a lug nut and blows on it.

Claire sits inside a teepee scraping a moose hide. She wears a toque, red flannel jacket and black pants.

A close-up view of Claire’s hand scraping the hide appears. The scraper is made of wood and metal.

Claire sits behind a power wood sander. She has safety glasses on.

Claire is picking blueberries from a bush. Her arm is visible. She is wearing a white blouse.

The same image of Claire wearing a yellow shirt and beading reappears.

Claire wears black gloves and presses a needle into another person’s skin to make an ink and needle tattoo.

A deer brain and water solution behind Claire is spread on the deer hide.

Porcupine quills are poured into dark liquid in an electric frying pan.

A tattoo on the side of Claire’s finger says, I own myself. There is a computer in the background.

White text on a black screen reads, Written by Claire Johnston. Special thanks to Julia Gruson-Wood.

Logos appear:

Re•Storying Autism. http://www.re storying autism dot com. Brandon University.

This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Re•Vision. The Centre for Art and Social Justice. Reflect. Revolt. Reveal. Reclaim. Remake.