Fire Song
First screened in September 2015
Director: Adam Garnet Jones. Cast: Andrew Martin, Harley Legarde, Mary Galloway, Ma-Nee Chacaby, Brendt Thomas Diabo, Shirley McLean, Jennifer Podemski, Tom Lylas Polson Jr., Krysten Flett, Misty Dore, Derek Miller, Alexis Legarde, Veronika Swartz, Morteesha Chickekoo-Bannon. Screenplay: Adam Garnet Jones. Twitter Capsule:
Noble intents, rare focus, and solid production values lose out to stiff writing and editing, erratic hold on character.
VOR:②
Gay First Nations characters are, for sure, fairly new to the screen, but Fire Song commits a lot of the errors that make its story feel unready rather than urgent.
