Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (L) and Tanya Talaga (R) share stories of their communities. Spirit To Soar (Tanya Talaga, Michelle Derosier), 46 minutes; Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning Of Empathy (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers), 125 minutes. Both films available Thursday (April 29) at 10 am. hotdocs.ca. In the Hot Docs films Spirit To Soar and Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning Of Empathy, filmmakers Tanya Talaga and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers take us back to their Indigenous communities and honour the people who provide hope and healing in the face of systemic neglect and trauma. Talaga’s film, which she co-directed with Michelle Derosier, is a follow-up to her 2017 non-fiction book, Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, And Hard Truths In A Northern City. The former Toronto Star reporter returns to Thunder Bay and revisits the stories and the community impact of the First Nation high school students who were found dead between 2000 and 2011. All had been removed from their homes in remote communities to attend high school in Thunder Bay. And their deaths were met with indifference from the police and broader settler community.