In Murmuration

Ubuntu

Through movement, rhythm and the philosophy of Ubuntu, In Murmuration answers racism with a reminder of our interconnectedness: we belong to one another and to the natural world.

2 min 46 s · Canada · 2026
French voiceover with English subtitles

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Ivan Touko lying on concrete with white fabric, seen from above. A still from In Murmuration.

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The one is part of the whole.

French narration · English subtitles · 2:46. Watch directly on YouTube ↗

The story

We belong to one another.

Movement, rhythm and nature meet in a reflection on Ubuntu: "I am because we are." The film answers racism by returning to what connects us.

Performed and narrated by Ivan Touko, In Murmuration brings this reflection to life through dance and images shaped with filmmaker Levi Etherington.

"When you diminish something in me, you diminish something in yourself."

From the film's narration

Part of a wider conversation

Created through Creatives Empowered's YEG Anti-Racism Video Project, a PSA initiative inviting IBPOC storytellers to change how we talk about racism and its effects on mental health.

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From the film

Movement. Breath. Connection.

Orange fabric frames Ivan's face and hands.

Ivan's face partly covered by blue fabric.

A black-and-white aerial view of Ivan crouching beside white fabric.

Made together

Credits & acknowledgements

Ivan Touko

Performance, Writing, Narration, Direction

Levi Etherington

Direction, Cinematography, Editing, Sound

La Connexional

In collaboration with Liminal Arts & Media

Shivani Saini, Creatives Empowered

Executive Producer

With generous support

Produced with the generous support of the City of Edmonton Anti-Racism Grant Program, the Alberta Anti-Racism Grant Program and FAVA.

Special thanks

Reena Samra, Founder of the BIPOC Healing and Wellness Centre; Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Edmonton Arts Council; Mikayla; Sebastien Bolessa; family and loved ones.

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