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Smudge

Smudge

2005•12m
Documentary

This short documentary follows three Indigenous women as they practice ancestral forms of worship: drumming, singing, and using sweetgrass. These ancient spiritual traditions may at first seem at odds with urban life, but to Indigenous people in Canada who are used to praying in natural settings, the whole world is sacred space.

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Production

ONF | NFB

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Andrea F. Friedman

Cindy

John Maclaren

John Maclaren

Jack Watson

June B. Wilde

June B. Wilde

Nurse Sinclair

Maria Luisa Cianni

Principal (as Luisa Cianni)

Demetri Goritsas

Demetri Goritsas

Jan

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