Chris Knight: Through Black Spruce has garnered an unfair share of controversy that has little to do with the story on the screen
Stories by and about First Nations people are enjoying a renaissance, with such recent and current releases as Indian Horse, Luk’Luk’l and Falls Around Her gaining critical acclaim, and more opening in the weeks to come, including Edge of the Knife and The Grizzlies.
Tanaya Beatty stars – and excels – as Annie, a Cree woman from Moosonee, a small town just south of James Bay in Northern Ontario. When her twin sister heads to Toronto to pursue a modelling career and then is not heard from again, Annie follows in the role of an amateur detective.
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