Mia’
An Indigenous teen struggles to find her way home as she navigates through land, water and air choked by pollution.
Mia’
Mia’ tells the story of the title character’s struggle to return home, as she traverses through polluted waters and skies, witnessing various forms of industrial imprint and violence that have occurred upon the land.
Co-directors Amanda Strong and Bracken Hanuse Corlett‘s film Mia’ is a hybrid documentary using animation and sound as a vehicle to tell the story of transformation and reconnection. A film that challenges the notions and format of conventional documentaries and presents Indigenous oral traditions as truth and not myth or legend, Mia’ premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2015.
Directors
Amanda Strong
Bracken Hanuse Corlett
Year
2015
Producer
Amanda Strong
Bracken Hanuse Corlett