October Stranger

Film Maker
Lowry, Chris
Year
1985
Country
Canada
Language
Format
16mm
Length
26
Genre
narrative
Category
art & artists, Identity, Indigenous, Literary/theatre, Race + Ethnicity, Theatre

“October Stranger” is a highly acclaimed drama about a young Ojibway Indian who must leave his youth behind on the reserve in Northern Ontario in order to pursue his writing career. It is a thoughful and gentle love story, full of fine poetry. Beautifully photographed on location near Sioux Lookout, it reveals modern life on the reserve with a rare depth and respect, as the old ways and the new come to terms with one another. It is the story of an artist finding his voice, and of a native gathering the courage to go “south” to the city.

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