From Cherry English
2004 short film by Jeff Barnaby
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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]
| From Cherry English | |
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| Directed by | Jeff Barnaby |
| Written by | Jeff Barnaby |
| Produced by | Danièle Rohrbach |
| Starring | Nathaniel Arcand |
| Edited by | Paul Raphaël |
| Music by | Joe Barrucco |
Production company | Nutaaq Media |
Release date |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Mi'kmaq |
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]
