Flood (2017 film)

Flood
Directed byAmanda Strong
Written byAmanda Strong
Bracken Hanuse Corlett
Produced byDusty Hagerud
Carolynne Hew
Amanda Strong
StarringCraig Frank Edes
CinematographyTerrance Azzuolo
Edited byDora Cepic
Music byZiibiwan
Production
company
Spotted Fawn Productions
Distributed byCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
Release date
  • October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01) (VIFF)
Running time
5 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Flood is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Amanda Strong and released in 2017.[1] The film tells the story of Thunder, an indigenous youth created by the Spider Woman to combat the flood of lies and threats to indigenous peoples spawned by European colonization of North America.[1]

The film premiered on October 1, 2017 at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival.[2]

It was subsequently named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2017,[3] and was selected by journalist Jesse Wente for a CBC program of five short films on the theme of "Keep Calm and Decolonize".[1]

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