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Kissed by Lightning

Directed by Shelley Niro
Canada, 2009 (fiction, 89 minutes, colour, English)
Kissed by Lightning
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Film Description:
"Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter. She has been living in a world of memories and grief. Her husband Jessie Lightning vanished before her eyes in a thunderstorm. This has left her lost and absent from the world. She has just started to paint again. She paints stories of the Iroquois Peacemaker, stories Jessie used to tell her. Not only to help pay the bills now but to keep his memory [...] close to her. The new man in her life, Bug, patiently waits for her to resolve her emotional struggle. To complicate the scene, Jessie's first family, ex-wife Kateri and 12 year-old son Zeus have moved into their house next door. On the way to New York City to exhibit her paintings, Mavis stops to finally meet Jessie's grandmother Josephine. Here she finds peace of mind and peace of heart."
-- Harbourfront Centre (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Shelley Niro, Ken Chubb
Produced by: Stephen Paniccia, Norman Denver, Shelley Niro, Annie Frazier Henry, Celestino Mario Niro
Principal Cast: Kateri Walker, Eric Schweig, Rachelle White Wind Arbez, Tasunka Pejuta McDonald, Michael Greyeyes, Wesley French, Elizabeth Wemigwans, Madeleine Bergeron, Monique Mojica, Jeff Seymour, Sean Baek, Salvatore Antonio, Ron Cook, Vera Lee-Chin, Ronald Benjamin, Andy Marshall, Justin Craig
Cinematography: Kim Derko
Film Editing: Jeremiah Munce
Music: Elizabeth Hill
Production Company: Turtle Night Productions
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