From Cherry English
From Cherry English | |
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Directed by | Jeff Barnaby |
Written by | Jeff Barnaby |
Produced by | Danièle Rohrbach |
Starring | Nathaniel Arcand |
Edited by | Paul Raphaël |
Music by | Joe Barrucco |
Production company | Nutaaq Media |
Release date |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | English Mi'kmaq |
From Cherry English is a Canadian short film, directed by Jeff Barnaby and released in 2004.[1] Barnaby's first short film, it stars Nathaniel Arcand as Traylor, a Mi'kmaq man who is taken on a hallucinogenic journey by a mysterious woman, as an allegory for the threats to indigenous identity posed by modern life.[2]
The film won two Golden Sheaf Awards at the 2004 Yorkton Film Festival, for Best Aboriginal and Best Videography.[3] At the 2004 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, it received an honorable mention for the Cynthia Lickers-Sage Award for Emerging Talent.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ James Adams, "Rhymes for Young Ghouls director likes to lean on other art forms". The Globe and Mail, January 30, 2014.
- ^ T'Cha Dunlevy, "Home on native land; Rhymes for Young Ghouls, which just wrapped its shoot in Kahnawake, opts for story over an emphasis on aboriginals' plight". Montreal Gazette, November 23, 2012.
- ^ Daniels, Calvin (31 May 2004). "Globetrotter film scores". Newspapers.com. Regina, Saskatchewan: The Leader-Post. p. 13. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Ghost Riders top documentary". North Bay Nugget, October 30, 2004.
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