| The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open | |
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| Directed by | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Kathleen Hepburn |
| Written by | Kathleen Hepburn Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers |
| Produced by | Tyler Hagan Lori Lozinski Alan R. Milligan |
| Starring | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Violet Nelson |
| Cinematography | Norm Li |
| Edited by | Christian Siebenherz |
Production companies | Experimental Forest Films Violator Films |
| Distributed by | levelFILM |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (Kwakʼwala: Malkʼwalaʼmida uḵwineʼ leʼołeʼ yax̱idixa̱nʼs ʼnalax̱, Northern Sami: Rumaš muitá go máilbmi rahtasii, Blackfoot: Koistominno saakaisksinima ksaahkomm otsitsikowohpihpi) is a 2019 Canadian drama film written and directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn.[1]
The film centres on a chance interaction between two Indigenous women of contrasting lived experience and socio-economic position, Áila (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers) and Rosie (Violet Nelson), as they navigate the effects of intimate partner violence.[1] The majority of the film consists of a single, continuous long take.
The film premiered at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival in the Generation program,[2] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It was nominated for six Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and won three, including Best Director.[4] In 2020 the film won the Toronto Film Critics Association's Rogers Best Canadian Film Award, Canada's most prestigious film award.
- ^ a b Jason Asenap (June 24, 2019). "No happy ending in 'The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open'". High Country News.
- ^ "Berlin Film Festival: First Generation Section Films Unveiled". Variety. September 19, 2018.
- ^ Peter Howell (July 31, 2019). "Indigenous films highlight Canadian slate at TIFF 2019". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Toronto film critics award 'The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open' - CityNews Toronto". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-12.