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From Cherry English
Directed byJeff Barnaby
Written byJeff Barnaby
Produced byDanièle Rohrbach
StarringNathaniel Arcand
Edited byPaul Raphaël
Music byJoe Barrucco
Production
company
Nutaaq Media
Release date
2004
Running time
11 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Mi'kmaq

From Cherry English is a Canadian short film, directed by Jeff Barnaby and released in 2004.[1] Barnaby's first short film, it stars Nathaniel Arcand as Traylor, a Mi'kmaq man who is taken on a hallucinogenic journey by a mysterious woman, as an allegory for the threats to indigenous identity posed by modern life.[2]

The film won two Golden Sheaf Awards at the 2004 Yorkton Film Festival, for Best Aboriginal and Best Videography.[3] At the 2004 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, it received an honorable mention for the Cynthia Lickers-Sage Award for Emerging Talent.[4]

References

  1. ^ James Adams, "Rhymes for Young Ghouls director likes to lean on other art forms". The Globe and Mail, January 30, 2014.
  2. ^ T'Cha Dunlevy, "Home on native land; Rhymes for Young Ghouls, which just wrapped its shoot in Kahnawake, opts for story over an emphasis on aboriginals' plight". Montreal Gazette, November 23, 2012.
  3. ^ Daniels, Calvin (31 May 2004). "Globetrotter film scores". Newspapers.com. Regina, Saskatchewan: The Leader-Post. p. 13. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Ghost Riders top documentary". North Bay Nugget, October 30, 2004.