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Sweet Summer Pow Wow: Teens in Love, Amid Dance, Drums and Parental Interference

Sweet Summer Pow Wow: Teens in Love, Amid Dance, Drums and Parental Interference

By Liz Braun

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 22, 2025Indigenous romance, Teen love stories, Sweet Summer Pow Wow, Tatyana Rose Baptiste, Joshua Odjick, Life on the Pow Wow circuit, Graham Greene, Tanis Parenteau, Joel Montgrand, Director Darrell Dennis, Writer Katya GardnerComment

Stellar: A Love Story and a Love Letter to the Land

Stellar: A Love Story and a Love Letter to the Land

By Liz Braun

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 21, 2023Anishinaabe filmmaker Darlene Naponse, Indigenous romance, Stellar, Surrealist Indigenous filmmaking, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Braeden Clarke, Rossif Sutherland, R.H. Thomson, Canadian films at TIFFComment