A five-minute journey that'll spin your understanding of Indigenous identity in circles.
Follow Dallas Arcand, an urban youth, as he heads down the mystical Red Road to re-connect with new and traditional elements of First Nations culture. Dallas is a world champion hoop dancer and hip-hop artist aiming to connect urban Indigenous young people to their rural ancestral histories. He's a 7th generation Cree from Alexander (Kipohtakaw) First Nation.
Direction
Two directors, one seamless vision bridging animation and reality.
Production
Hoop dancing meets hip-hop in genuinely innovative fusion.
Director
Tom Jackson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hoop dancing traditionally tells creation stories through movement; Dallas Arcand brought this to international competition stages long before this film.
Tom Jackson (co-director) is a legendary Cree actor and musician who helped pioneer Indigenous representation in Canadian media since the 1980s.
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