Savage (2009 film)
| Savage | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lisa Jackson |
| Written by | Lisa Jackson |
| Produced by | Lauren Grant Lori Lozinski |
| Starring | Ta'Kaiya Blaney Skeena Reece |
| Cinematography | Robert Aschmann |
| Edited by | Hart Snider Brendan Woollard |
| Music by | Rodrigo Caballero |
Production companies | Clique Pictures Violator Films |
| Distributed by | Ouat Media |
Release date |
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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 class after the teacher leaves the room.[2]
Accolades
[edit]The film won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 31st Genie Awards.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools". Canadian Art, November 22, 2013.
- ^ "Video: Lisa Jackson’s “Savage”". Revolutions Per Minute, May 3, 2012.
- ^ "Lisa Jackson went from law to film as a way to find truth". Unreserved, February 12, 2017.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 2009 films
- Canadian musical drama films
- Best Live Action Short Drama Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
- First Nations films
- 2000s musical drama films
- 2009 drama films
- Works about residential schools in Canada
- 2000s English-language films
- Canadian drama short films
- 2000s Canadian films
- English-language Canadian films
- English-language musical drama films