Throat Song

Director Miranda de Pencier
Year 2011
Run Time 16min
Genre Drama
A young Inuit woman with a troubled past begins to connect with other victims of violence from her community and reclaims her voice along the way.

Director

Miranda de Pencier

De Pencier is a director and producer whose first short film, Throat Song, won four awards, including the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short. Her feature directorial debut, The Grizzlies, earned the DGC’s Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film. As a producer, she has worked on several films, including Cake, Beginners, and Thanks for Sharing, as well as episodes of Anne with an E, Black Life: Untold Stories, and North of North.

 

Writer

Miranda de Pencier

Cast

Ippiksaut Friesen (Inuk)

Producers

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (Inuk), Qajaaq Ellsworth (Inuk)

Genre

Drama

Interests

BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads

Original Language

English

Canadian Distributor

Northwood Entertainment