A Film by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers & Kathleen Hepburn
Written and directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (who also stars) and Kathleen Hepburn, the drama explores two Indigenous women living very different lives who are briefly brought together by desperate circumstances. The film debuted at the Berlin Film Festival in 2019 and made its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn • Screenplay by Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers • Produced by Tyler Hagan, Lori Lozinski, Alan R. Milligan
As simple as the film is, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is tremendously affecting for how well it’s acted, edited, and filmed
The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open
A Film by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers & Kathleen Hepburn
Written and directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (who also stars) and Kathleen Hepburn, the drama explores two Indigenous women living very different lives who are briefly brought together by desperate circumstances. The film debuted at the Berlin Film Festival in 2019 and made its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn • Screenplay by Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers • Produced by Tyler Hagan, Lori Lozinski, Alan R. Milligan
As simple as the film is, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is tremendously affecting for how well it’s acted, edited, and filmed
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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.
Review: A tale of two women, ‘The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open’ is remarkable
‘The Body Remembers’ Review: One Prospers, the Other Doesn’t
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.
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In the News
In The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Two Women Grapple With Trauma and the Past
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.
Review: A tale of two women, ‘The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open’ is remarkable
‘The Body Remembers’ Review: One Prospers, the Other Doesn’t
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.
‘The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open’: Film Review
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.