Broken Angel (2022 film)

Broken Angel
CreeMaaShwaKan MaNiTo
Directed byJules Arita Koostachin
Written byJules Arita Koostachin
Produced byPatti Poskitt
Jules Arita Koostachin
Anne Wheeler
StarringSera-Lys McArthur
Brooklyn Letexier-Hart
Asivak Koostachin
CinematographySarah Thomas Moffat
Edited byLara Mazur
Music byWayne Lavallee
Production
company
Aashenii Productions
Release date
Running time
89 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Cree

Broken Angel (Cree: MaaShwaKan MaNiTo) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jules Arita Koostachin and released in 2022.[1] The film stars Sera-Lys McArthur as Angel, an indigenous woman who undertakes a journey of spiritual and emotional recovery after taking her daughter Tanis (Brooklyn Letexier-Hart) and fleeing an abusive relationship with her husband Earl (Carlo Marks) to return to her home community.[2]

The cast also includes Jessie Anthony, Isla Grant, Asivak Koostachin, Blu Mankuma and Quanah Style.

The script was inspired in part by women that Jules Arita Koostachin had met and worked with in her prior career in social services.[1] It features dialogue in both English and Cree, and entered production in November 2021 in British Columbia.[3]

The film had its theatrical premiere at the 2022 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival,[4] and screened in the Borsos Competition at the 2022 Whistler Film Festival.[5]

The film was longlisted for the Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award at the 2022 Directors Guild of Canada awards.[6]

  1. ^ a b Jennifer Francis, "Regina-born actor stars in Indigenous movie about domestic abuse, survival". CBC News Indigenous, October 26, 2022.
  2. ^ Andrew Wright, "Cree Filmmaker Jules Koostachin Explores Domestic Abuse Survival in ‘Broken Angel’". Zoomer Media, October 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Nick Krewen, "Jules Arita Koostachin’s dramatic thriller goes to camera". Playback, November 12, 2021.
  4. ^ Tyler Treese, "Exclusive Broken Angel Trailer Previews Indigenous Drama". Coming Soon, October 7, 2022.
  5. ^ Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Film Festival announces film lineup". Pique Newsmagazine, November 2, 2022.
  6. ^ "JEAN-MARC VALLÉE DGC DISCOVERY AWARD LONG LIST DROPS AT VISIONARIES" Archived 2022-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Yahoo! Movies, September 11, 2022.