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Seventeen

Seventeen

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Seventeen

2026

1h 28m

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Drama

Overview

Set over the course of seventeen hours, the lives of three young, queer, Indigenous sex workers intersect through chance, relation, and the shared experience of familial and colonial displacement.

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Experimental Forest Films

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Aalayna

Nizhonniya Austin

Nizhonniya Austin

Taio Gélinas

Kaniehtiio Horn

Kaniehtiio Horn

Joel Oulette

Joel Oulette

Shannon Baker

Shannon Baker

Renae Morriseau

Renae Morriseau

Ray G. Thunderchild

Ray G. Thunderchild

Mathias Retamal

Mathias Retamal

Ta'kaiya Blaney

Creative team

Directed by: Justin Ducharme
Written by: Justin Ducharme
Produced by: Justin Ducharme
Olivia Marie Golosky

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