Savage (2009 film)

Savage
Directed by Lisa Jackson
Produced by Lauren Grant
Lori Lozinski
Written by Lisa Jackson
Starring Ta'kaiya Blaney
Skeena Reece
Music by Rodrigo Caballero
Cinematography Robert Aschmann
Edited by Hart Snider
Brendan Woollard
Production
company
Clique Pictures
Violator Films
Distributed by Ouat Media
Release date
October 17, 2009 (ImagineNATIVE)
Running time
6 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

Savage is a Canadian short film, directed by Lisa Jackson and released in 2009.[1]

The film depicts a Cree woman (Skeena Reece) crying and singing a sad traditional song while a young girl (Ta'kaiya Blaney) is transported to an Indian residential school (although the film is deliberately ambiguous about whether the woman is the child's mother, or the child herself reflecting on her past as an adult.)[1] At the school, however, the conventional narrative of Indian residential schools is subverted when the children perform a hip hop–inspired group dance routine in the classroom before the teacher arrives.[2]

Accolades

The film won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 31st Genie Awards.[3]

References

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