In The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, two Indigenous women cross paths on a city bus line in East Vancouver, British Columbia; a mundane, everyday scene—until it isn’t.
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing has acquired the coming-of-age drama Jezebel directed, written, produced by and co-starring Numa Perrier.
There’s a crucial scene near the midpoint of the Canadian drama “The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open,” and it brilliantly illuminates the experiential chasm between its two leads.
A two-hander told in real time, ‘The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open,’ distributed by Ava DuVernay’s Array, explores domestic violence, class and racism through the experiences of two young women.
Phillip Youmans shot the movie the summer before his senior year of high school — and made one of the year’s breakout indies.