This River is a 2016 Canadian short documentary film directed by Katherena Vermette and Erika MacPherson.
[3] Principal photography took place August 8 to 16, 2016, with an all-woman crew documenting the work of Drag the Red volunteer Kyle Kematch.
[4] The film received the 2016 Coup de coeur du jury award at Montreal's Terres en vues/Land InSights First Peoples' Festival and had its public premiere in Vermette's hometown of Winnipeg on October 5 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
[6] Vermette and producer Alicia Smith also created a related Instagram work, What Brings Us Here, which offers portraits of volunteers behind the community-run Winnipeg search teams the Bear Clan and Drag the Red.
[7][8] What Brings Us Here features photos by Winnipeg photographers Janine Kropla, Mark Reimer and Karen Asher.