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FIRE SONG

By Adam Garnet JONES

Drama - Completed 2014

Shane, a gay Anishnabe teenager in Northern Ontario, is struggling to support his family in the aftermath of his sister's suicide. If he fails, he will be forced to choose between his family's home and his own future.

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Toronto - TIFF 2015

Discovery

Vancouver IFF 2015

Vancouver Premier

- Year of production
- 2014
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- CANADA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 85 mn
- Director(s)
- Adam Garnet JONES
- Writer(s)
- Adam Garnet JONES
- Cast
- Andrew MARTIN, Harley LEGARDE-BEACHAM, Jennifer PODEMSKI
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-11DF-0000-2-0000-0000-V
- Producer(s)
- Laura J. MILLIKEN (Big Soul Productions), Peter THORNTON (Big Soul Productions), Michelle DEROSIER (Thunderstone Pictures), Adam Garnet JONES
- Synopsis
- When a teenaged girl commits suicide in a remote Northern Ontario Aboriginal community, it's up to her brother Shane to take care of their family. Shane was supposed to move to the city for University in the fall, and he has been trying to convince his secret boyfriend to come with him, but now everything is uncertain. Shane is torn between his responsibilities at home and the promise of freedom calling to him from the city. He pushes through barrier after barrier, determined to take care of his mom and earn money for school. But when circumstances take a turn for the worse and Shane has to choose between his family or his future, what will he do?

FIRE SONG

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