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From Cherry English

2004 short film by Jeff Barnaby

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]

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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. [1]
    James Adams, "Rhymes for Young Ghouls director likes to lean on other art forms". The Globe and Mail, January 30, 2014.
  2. [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. [3]
    Daniels, Calvin (31 May 2004). "Globetrotter film scores". Newspapers.com. Regina, Saskatchewan: The Leader-Post. p. 13. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Ghost Riders top documentary". North Bay Nugget, October 30, 2004.


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