RUSTIC ORACLE
Sonia Bonspille Boileau (Mohawk) • 2019 • 101min • English • Drama
When her older sister vanishes from their Mohawk community, eight year-old Ivy (Delisle) joins her mother Susan (Moore) in a desperate search that lays bare the authorities’ indifference towards missing Indigenous Women and Girls.
Ivy and Susan’s journey to find answers is one that no family should go through, but their shared hope helps mother and daughter come together in love amongst difficult circumstances. Filmmaker Sonia Bonspille Boileau brings warmth and grace to this delicate depiction of a young girl forging a strong sense of identity while also contending with family tragedy.
DIRECTOR
Sonia Bonspille Boileau (Mohawk)
Bonspille Boileau is a Mohawk filmmaker who was raised between Oka and Kahnesatake. She has developed and produced television projects in both English and French, ranging from children’s programming to socially driven documentaries. Her directing credits include the short docs Last Call Indien and Ra’satste, the TV series Mouki and Pour toi Flora, and the feature film Le dep.
IN CONVERSATION - April 18 @ DARC
Come watch the film, and then join us the following day @DARC for an informative conversation about the importance of Indigenous representation in the arts and media, narrative sovereignty and the power of storytelling to educate, share and heal with the filmmaker herself.
LOCATION
Microcinema @ Digital Arts Resource Centre (DARC)
67 Nicholas Street / 2 Daly Avenue
Main Floor of the Arts Court Building
Accessibility info: https://digitalartsresourcecentre.ca/access/
Join us for our special National Canadian Film Day screening of Sonia Bonspille Boileau’s second dramatic feature, Rustic Oracle. This is a FREE screening in DARC's Microcinema. Please register at the link below!
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