126: Run Woman Run: An Indigenous coming of age after 30 film

On this episode we dig into how Run Woman Run explores coming of age in your thirties through an Indigenous perspective. This episode features  Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, and Contributing Editor Lindsay Pugh. On this episode: Coming of age in their 30s episodes (1:42) Run Woman Run (5:16) How the film depicts trauma (13:43) Asivak Koostachin as the spirit of Tom Longboat (19:00) The anti-romcom (24:02) Land depiction (34:37) Health and "tough love" (37:06) Why Run Woman Run should have been longer (1:00:13) What settler critics often miss (1:15:34) Conclusion (1:18:16)

Show Notes

Read Alex's review of Run Woman Run Read Orla's interview with Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Read Laura Anne Harris' interview with The Road Forward director Marie Clements Read Alex's interview with Monkey Beach director Loretta Todd Read Alex's interview with Blood Quantum director Jeff Barnaby Read our list of the best Canadian films of 2021, including Night Raiders, Bootlegger, Red Snow, and Kímmapiiyipitssini Pre-order Existential detours: Joachim Trier's cinema of indecisions and revisions, the first book to ever be published on Joachim Trier. Stay tuned for Orla's interview with director Zoe Leigh Hopkins

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