Released:
2010-01-01

Overview:
Two stories woven together, one profoundly affecting the other. A Native Canadian grandfather drives north accompanied by his grandson, a youth-at-risk, who comes to learn about the dark secrets of his family and community: in an isolated village an estranged mother and daughter must reunite to exorcise the voracious Windigo spirit tied to a painful past. Taking its inspiration from Ojibway spirituality and from the history of the residential school system, where generations of children were forcibly taken from their families and aggressively assimilated into Euro-Canadian society.

Director:
Armand Garnet Ruffo

Runtime:
1h 32min

Genre:

• Cast:
• 
  Andrea Menard
  as
  Lily
• 
  Elliot Simon
  as
  Curtis
• 
  Annie Murphy
  as
  Friend in Art Gallery
• 
  Gary Farmer
  as
  Harold
• 
  Brandon Oakes
  as
  Joey