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"Blood River"

Blood River
(2000, 23 min.) CANADA
Producer: Gisèle Gordon
Director: Kent Monkman (Cree)
Actors: Tantoo Cardinal, Jennifer Podemski, Brandon Oakes, and Gregg Odjig

Rose, a Native teen at odds with her white adoptive mother, fantasizes about what her life might have been with her birth family. The search for identity reveals a brother and a new understanding of the meaning of family.

Image credit: Blood River

Tantoo Cardinal

Gisèle Gordon

Kent Monkman

Jennifer Podemski

2003 Native American Film and Video Festival - NY premiere
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