Spirit of the Bluebird (S)
2011·Canada·6 min.
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Using spray paint on a fence and garage where Aboriginal mother and grandmother Gloria Black Plume was brutally murdered in 1999, Cree artist Jesse Gouchey paints a large scale animation of a bluebird in flight. The beauty and freedom of the bluebird's motion is contrasted with remembrances of Gloria's surviving family members, who give an emotional glimpse of a woman lost to violence and the injustice of the legal system.
ScreenwriterXstine Cook
MusicJonathan Tall Man
CinematographyJesse Gouchey
CastKaily Bird
Original titleSpirit of the Bluebird