Sarah Shamash is an artist-researcher based on the the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ Nations (Vancouver, Canada). Her artworks span a variety of media, including installation, documentary, photography, sound, performance, and video. She teaches film studies, is an independent film programmer, and has a focus on the archiving of films in Brazil known as “video nas aldeias.”