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The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw

Director Shelley Niro (Kanien'kehaka)
Year 2019
Run Time 96min
Genre Comedy
When Mitzi Bearclaw (Angeline) turns 25, it’s time to start making big decisions for the future. Her dream to design cool hats is put on hold when she chooses to move from the city back to her isolated reserve to look after her sick mother.

With the reserve bully (Supernault) constantly at her heels and an old flame (Kapashesit) suddenly back in her life, she is grateful that her cousin (Martin) is there to help her in the fight to stay positive under trying circumstances. With a lot of laughs along the way, Mitzi embarks on a quest to get her family back on the right track!

Director

Shelley Niro (Kanien'kehaka)

Shelley Niro is a Mohawk filmmaker and multi-disciplinary artist. She is widely recognized for her photography, and in 2023, was recognized by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian with a career retrospective. Her latest film, Café Daughter, premiered at imagineNATIVE in 2023 where it won the Audience Choice Award.

Writer

Shelley Niro (Kanien'kehaka)

Cast

MorningStar Angeline (Navajo/Shoshone/Chippewa Cree/Blackfoot), Gary Farmer (Cayuga), Roseanne Supernault (Cree/Métis), Gail Maurice (Cree/Métis), Ajuawak Kapashesit (Ojibway/Cree)

Producers

Amos Adetuyi, Floyd Kane, Shelley Niro (Kanien'kehaka)

Genre

Comedy

Interests

BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker

Original Languages

English, Other Language

Language Version

EN CC

Canadian Distributor

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