| Wildhood | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Bretten Hannam |
| Written by | Bretten Hannam |
| Produced by | Julie Baldassi Damon D'Oliveira Gharrett Patrick Paon |
| Starring | Phillip Lewitski Joshua Odjick |
| Cinematography | Guy Godfree |
| Edited by | Shaun Rykiss |
| Music by | Neil Haverty |
Production companies | Rebel Road Films Younger Daughter Films |
| Distributed by | Films Boutique |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Mi'kmaq |
Wildhood is a 2021 Canadian coming-of-age romantic drama film, written and directed by Bretten Hannam.[1]
An expansion of Hannam's earlier short film Wildfire, which was the winner of the award for Best Short Film at the Screen Nova Scotia awards in 2020,[2] the film stars Phillip Lewitski as Lincoln, a young man in his late teens who was raised disconnected from his maternal Mi'kmaq heritage by his abusive white father Arvin (Joel Thomas Hynes); following the discovery that his mother Sarah, whom he had long been told was dead, is in fact still alive, he takes his younger half-brother Travis (Avery Winters-Anthony) on a journey to find her. En route, they meet the openly two-spirit Pasmay (Joshua Odjick), who becomes both a guide to Lincoln in reconnecting with his indigenous roots and a love interest.[3]
The cast also includes Michael Greyeyes, Savonna Spracklin, Jordan Poole, Samuel Davison and Steve Lund.
- ^ Gow, Steve (August 25, 2020). "Nova Scotia's film industry restarts with 'Wildhood'". Halifax Today. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Murmur wins top prize at Screen Nova Scotia awards". CBC News. December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Hannam's Wildhood, a two-spirit teenage road trip, now filming in Windsor". SaltWire Network. August 19, 2020.