Two kids, centuries apart, both fighting to remember who they are.
A haunting and visually stunning fairytale that blends the horrors of fantasy and the real life historical events of colonization and Indian Boarding Schools in the United States. A Native American girl in the 1700s and a Native American boy in the 1960s struggle to find their way back to a home that may be lost forever.
Cinematography
Every frame looks carved from ice and memory.
Direction
Ward weaves timelines like a fever dream you can't shake.
Acting
Child actors carry unspeakable weight in near-silence.
Director
Ryan Ward
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's title echoes Indigenous creation stories where water and sky predate land—reclaiming narrative authority from colonial timelines.
The 13-minute runtime mirrors the average attention span of a child being forcibly 're-educated'—compression as trauma form.
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