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Blood and Water: A Reclamation Story
Specs: CANADA | 2020 | 23 min
Filmmaker: Layla Black
Theme: indigenous, rivers & watersheds, inspiration
In the Rosebud River valley, an hour east of Calgary, the water in many homes can be lit on fire. Everyone agrees there’s gas in the water. Few agree on why. The valley is a place full of stories, and storytellers describe diverse and conflicting tales about the origins of the gas. Rosebud is a place where fact collides with fiction, and the town’s future depends on whose story is believed.
Directors: Cameron Esler & Tadzio Richards
Producers: Frederic Bohbot & Evan Beloff
www.bunburyfilms.com
This short film shares the story of Layla Black on her path to reclaim her Mohawk identity. As a generational survivor of residential schools, they took her culture from her, but watch her story as she takes it back. And it all started with the water.
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