20 minutes. One woman. A past that won't stop breathing down her neck.
A young up-and-coming artist works hard to build a future for herself while a shadow from her past threatens to push her into madness.
Direction
Cheechoo's debut—Cree filmmaker bringing authentic indigenous trauma to experimental horror.
Cinematography
Shadow work that actually earns its title; every frame breathes menace.
Acting
Emily Hampshire before she was famous, absolutely shredding the screen.
Director
Shirley Cheechoo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cheechoo was the first Cree woman to write, produce, and direct a dramatic feature in Canada—this short preceded that breakthrough.
The 'shadow' isn't metaphorical; it manifests the specific horror of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women as supernatural inheritance.
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