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Overview

Despite vastly different upbringings, two young Indigenous men in a Vancouver jail—Jesse, a white-passing college student locked up after a drunken altercation, and Russell, a political activist and artist from New Mexico behind bars for painting a politically charged mural—discover they are kindred spirits who on their release go on a cross-border road trip to New Mexico that has the duo grappling with personal demons and identities.

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Photon Films

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Cast & crew

7 featured cast members

Starring

Phillip Forest Lewitski

Phillip Forest Lewitski

Jesse

Forrest Goodluck

Forrest Goodluck

Russell

Carmen Moore

Carmen Moore

Joel Montgrand

Joel Montgrand

William Belleau

William Belleau

Matthew Alan Taylor

Matthew Alan Taylor

Jennifer Oleksiuk

Jennifer Oleksiuk

Creative team

Directed by: Jon B. Elliot
Written by: Justin Neal
Produced by: Jessie Anthony
Cole Vandale

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