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Rustic Oracle

Directed by Sonia Bonspille Boileau
Canada, 2019 (fiction, 101 minutes, colour, English)
Rustic Oracle
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Film Description:
"A moving portrait of a family in crisis, Rustic Oracle tells the story of eight-year-old Ivy ([Lake Kahentawaks] Delisle) who joins her mother Susan ([Carmen] Moore) in a desperate race against time to search for her older sister who's gone missing from their Mohawk community. While their journey to find answers is one that no family should go through, their shared hope helps mother and daughter come together in love amidst difficult circumstances. With the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women continuing to make headlines as a national tragedy, filmmaker Sonia Boileau, working through the eyes of a young girl, tells a story that is personal, intimate and humane."
-- Reel Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Sonia Bonspille Boileau
Produced by: Jason Brennan, Carol Whiteman, Carole Vaillancourt
Principal Cast: Carmen Moore, Lake Kahentawaks Delisle, McKenzie Kahnekeroroks Deer, Kevin Parent
Cinematography: Patrick Kaplin
Film Editing: Randy Kelly
Music: Alain Auger
Production Company: Nish Média
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"For Indigenous audiences [of Rustic Oracle], and specifically anybody that has gone through something that my character has gone through, I hope that they feel heard. I hope they feel understood. I hope they feel supported and not dismissed. Sonia (the director) has said on numerous occasions that the epidemic of MMIWG [Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls] has become very political. We've lost sight of the fact that these families are experiencing this. I hope that family members of MMIWG don't feel like they are alone in this. For non-Indigenous audiences, I hope it sparks some conversation. I hope it sparks action. I hope it sparks a desire in them to educate themselves of systemic racism, and the history of Canada regarding Indigenous people."
-- Carmen Moore (source)

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