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Penticton filmmaker’s award-winning documentary set for broadcast TV debut
The award-winning film reclaims Pernell Bad Arm’s humanity after premiering at Hot Docs and winning festival honors.
- On June 21, Penticton-based filmmaker Damien Eagle Bear's documentary Skoden debuts for free on TELUS Optik, exploring the story behind a viral NDN meme and the man at its center.
- The film centers on the late Pernell Bad Arm, an Indigenous man whose image with raised fists went viral in Alberta during the 2010s; initially shared to mock cultural stereotypes, the photo became a pop culture icon.
- Filmed in Lethbridge, the documentary earned Bear the Earl A. Glick Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award at Hot Docs and Best BC Director at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival in 2025.
- Canada marks 30 years since National Indigenous Peoples Day was recognized nationally, an occasion that falls annually on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
- An announcement about the film states it "reclaims Pernell's humanity and offers a deeper, more complex portrait," positioning the documentary as a reclamation of the man behind the meme.
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Penticton filmmaker’s award-winning documentary set for broadcast TV debut
National Indigenous Peoples Day is sure to be extra special this year for Penticton-based filmmaker Damien Eagle Bear. His new documentary, Skoden (officially stylized as #skoden), will make its broadcast debut on Sunday, June 21, as Canada marks 30 years since the occasion was recognized nationally. After premiering at Hot Docs in 2025, #skoden — the story behind a viral NDN meme and the man at its centre — will air for free on demand on TELUS …
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