Arts·Q with Tom Power

Karen Chapman's debut film Village Keeper is a mother's tale of grief, survival and healing

The Canadian filmmaker sits down with Q guest host Garvia Bailey to discuss the stigmas and stereotypes she aimed to challenge with her new movie.

In a Q interview, the Canadian filmmaker discusses the stigmas she aimed to challenge with her new movie

A smiling woman sits in front of a studio microphone.
Karen Chapman in the Q studio in Toronto. (Vivian Rashotte/CBC)

In Karen Chapman's debut feature film, Village Keeper, a grieving single mother who's grappling with violence in her past learns how to put herself first. Chapman sits down with guest host Garvia Bailey to talk about the stigmas and stereotypes she aimed to challenge with this film, how she made Village Keeper in only 12 days while eight months pregnant, and why she feels that what happens behind the camera shows up on screen.

WATCH | Official trailer for Village Keeper:

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Interview with Karen Chapman produced by Cora Nijhawan.