| Savage | |
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| Directed by | Lisa Jackson |
| Written by | Lisa Jackson |
| Produced by | Lauren Grant Lori Lozinski |
| Starring | Ta'Kaiya Blaney Skeena Reece |
| Cinematography | Robert Aschmann |
| Edited by | Hart Snider Brendan Woollard |
| Music by | Rodrigo Caballero |
Production companies | Clique Pictures Violator Films |
| Distributed by | Ouat Media |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Savage is a 2009 Canadian short drama film written and directed by Lisa Jackson. It stars Ta'Kaiya Blaney and Skeena Reece.
The film depicts a Cree woman crying and singing a sad traditional song while a young girl is transported to a residential school, though it is left deliberately ambiguous whether the woman is the child's mother or the child herself reflecting on her past as an adult. [1] The conventional narrative of residential schools is subverted when the children perform a hip hop group dance routine after the teacher leaves the room. [2]
The film premiered at the ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival on October 17, 2009. It was later screened at the 31st Genie Awards, where it won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama. [3]