By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews First, there are few minutes of stillness on the Okanagan landscape — with nothing but the sounds of crickets and bird chirps filling the air. Then, the singing of Aimee Baptiste slowly rises from the distance, her voice seamlessly blending with the chorus of the land’s natural melodies. With the help of Francis Baptiste, her rendition of Charles Kruger’s “Eagle Song” is what opens a new 15-minute immersive film called Whispers of the Trickster at the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre in sw̓iw̓s (Osoyoos). Honouring elements of the syilx Nation’s captíkʷɬ (oral stories), people and history, the film uses computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation to tell an original story that reflects on a time where humans lived in harmony with the land and with…
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