Film
Smudge
2005 · 12m · Documentary
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Overview
This short documentary follows three Indigenous women as they practice ancestral forms of worship: drumming, singing, and using sweetgrass. These ancient spiritual traditions may at first seem at odds with urban life, but to Indigenous people in Canada who are used to praying in natural settings, the whole world is sacred space.
Cast
Andrea F. Friedman
Cindy
John Maclaren
Jack Watson
June B. Wilde
Nurse Sinclair
Maria Luisa Cianni
Principal (as Luisa Cianni)
Demetri Goritsas
Jan
Crew
- Gail MauriceWriter · Director
- Gerry FlahiveProducer
- Silva BasmajianExecutive Producer
- Stan BaruaDirector of Photography
- Michael GrippoDirector of Photography
- Ken MyhrOriginal Music Composer
- Katharine AsalsEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 2005
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 12m
- Genres
- Documentary
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