A young woman attends a healer’s book-signing event with her sick mom.
Fiona Highet, Shaelynn Estrada, Billy North Glouberman, Wilfred Lee, Deborah Lobban
Canada
2025
English
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Amar Wala
Producer
Soko Negash, Sean O’Neill
Cinematography
Matt Lloyd
Editor
Brendan Mills
Production Design
Daria Savic
Original Music
Katie Austra Stelmanis
Art Director
Emily Dickinson
Chelsea McMullan
Chelsea McMullan (they/them) is an award-winning director, writer, and producer. Their films have screened at Sundance, TIFF, and the BFI London Film Festival, among other international festivals. They have directed episodic television for Netflix, Crave, and CBC, and their 2024 documentary feature and limited series Swan Song received the TFCA Rogers Prize for Best Canadian Documentary.
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