The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw (2019)

Mitzi Bearclaw is an indigenous woman who reluctantly returns to her isolated reserve to help her father care for her bitter mother.

Director:

Shelley Niro

Writers:

Shelley Niro, Ken Chubb (story editor)

Stars:

MorningStar Angeline, Andrew Martin, Ajuawak Kapashesit

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
MorningStar Angeline	...	Mitzi Bearclaw (as Morningstar Angeline)
Andrew Martin	...	Charlie B.
Ajuawak Kapashesit	...	Honeyboy Yellowdog
Gail Maurice	...	Annabelle Bearclaw
Billy Merasty	...	William Bearclaw
Vance Banzo	...	Ringo Leaves-No-Shadow
Roseanne Supernault	...	Simone Muskrat
Gary Farmer	...	Oliver Yellowdog
Chris Farquhar	...	Minister
Emma Morrison	...	Mary
Cierra Corbiere	...	Moe
John Clifford Talbot	...	Storeowner (as John C. Talbot)
Peter George Commanda	...	Spiritual Man
Bradley Trudeau	...	Black Muskrat
Dylan Cook	...	Green Muskrat (as Thomas-Dylan Cook)

Storyline

Mitzi Bearclaw, of First Nations heritage, has just turned twenty-five, she having grand plans for this milestone year in her current home of Toronto, wanting to design hats that will change the world, and spending time with her boyfriend, Ringo Leaves-No-Shadow, a student and budding photographer. Instead, she reluctantly heads home to her reserve on remote Owl Island on the request of her father, William Bearclaw, to help him look after her mother, Annabelle Bearclaw, who Mitzi assumes is on her deathbed. While Mitzi has always gotten along with her father, the same cannot be said about her mother, an angry, bitter woman. The one person who has always been able to have a calming affect on Annabelle is Mitzi's cousin, Charlie Bearclaw - everyone calling him Charlie B. in homage to all his idols with a surname that begins with the letter such as Baudelaire - a born storyteller who wants to become a teacher, but who spends much time in the hospital with his own chronic health problems....

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Plot Keywords:

woman | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Connections

References The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Canada

Language:

English Ojibwa

Release Date:

17 October 2019 (Canada)

Filming Locations:

Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation Reserve, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Circle Blue Entertainment, Freddie Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color