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- ↑ Gail Johnson, "Whistler Film Festival: Jules Arita Koostachin draws on Cree cultural practices in Broken Angel". Stir, November 24, 2022.
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- ↑ Gerry Leibel, "Vancouver reconciliation play comes to Kitamaat". The Northern Sentinel, January 27, 2018.
- ↑ Chris Knight, "Indigenous love story; Red Snow the latest of proud stories making it to the Canadian big screen". Ottawa Citizen , March 13, 2020.
- ↑ Emelie Peacock, "Inside Red Snow, a movie embracing the NWT and its languages". Cabin Radio, October 24, 2019.
- ↑ Chris Knight, "Film review: Run Woman Run". National Post , March 25, 2022.
- 1 2 Vincent Schilling, "American Indian Film Festival: 126 films, 30 nominees, 6 winners". Indian Country Today , November 7, 2021.
- ↑ Jace Koblun, "Run Woman Run filmed on Six Nations and cameos Tom Longboat’s grandson". Two Row Times, February 23, 2022.
- ↑ David Rooney, "‘Montana Story’: Film Review | TIFF 2021". The Hollywood Reporter , September 16, 2021.
- ↑ Tyler Treese, "Exclusive Broken Angel Trailer Previews Indigenous Drama". Coming Soon, October 7, 2022.
- ↑ Andreas Wiseman, "Indigenous Drama ‘Angela’s Shadow’ Gets Canadian Distribution & International Sales Deal Ahead Of World Premiere". Deadline Hollywood , September 26, 2024.