“This journey has been absolutely life changing,” said the film’s director Trevor Mack, “I have wanted to tell this story for a long time, and I am humbled by the reception the film has received at festivals. The film, which won ‘Best Canadian Short Drama’ at the 2015 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and screened at other film festivals around the world, including Vancouver, Paris, and San Francisco. The short film explores the impact residential schools had on the relationships of First Nations people with themselves, their heritage, and nature itself.
Set on the Tsilhqot’in plateau in the 1970s, Clouds of Autumn is the story of the innocent childhood of a brother and sister that is torn apart when she is forced to attend a residential school far from home. (MARCH 7TH, 2016): The award-winning short film Clouds of Autumn will released on YouTube on today at ( ).
