A 13-year-old bride trades everything for her people—and watches her soul slowly drown in a stranger's world.
A young Ojibwa girl from 1770 marries a Scottish fur trader and leaves home for the shores of Georgian Bay. Although the union is beneficial for her tribe, it results in hardship and isolation for Ikwe. Values and customs clash until, finally, the events of a dream Ikwe once had unfold with tragic clarity.
Direction
Norma Bailey shoots silence like most directors shoot action.
Acting
Hazel King's eyes do what pages of dialogue can't.
Costume
Authentic Ojibwa detail that makes the loss tangible.
Director
Norma Bailey
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