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"Suckerfish"

"Suckerfish"Suckerfish
(2005, 9 min.) CANADA
Producer: Lisa Jackson (Ojibwe)
Director: Lisa Jackson (Ojibwe)
Produced by: the National Film Board of Canada

Animation, childhood photographs and stylized recreations create a moving look at the director's relationship to her mother and Native identity.

Image credits: Suckerfish - at the train station courtesy of director Lisa Jackson; Suckerfish - me and Mom laugh courtesy of director Lisa Jackson

Lisa Jackson

2006 Native American Film and Video Festival. Schedule at-a-glance

2006 Native Cinema Showcase

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