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Sexy Highland Stream

In appreciation of the eponymous stream, this poem is a love letter to the beauty found in nature. Written and spoken in English and Anishinaabemowin.

 

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Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2021

Language

In English and Anishinaabemowin with English subtitles

Film Contact
G
5 min

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Credits

Screenwriter

Nathan Adler

Editor

Nathan Adler

Original Music

Nathan Adler

Director

Nathan Adler headshot, Sexy Highland Stream director

Nathan Adler

Nathan Adler is an artist, writer, editor, and filmmaker. He the author of Wrist and Ghost Lake (Kegedonce Press), and co-editor of Bawaajigan: Stories of Power (Exile Editions). He has an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC, is a first-place winner of the Aboriginal Writing Challenge, and is a recipient of a Hnatyshyn Reveal Award for Literature. He is Jewish and Anishinaabe, and a member of Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation.