Eight minutes that'll wreck your whole day — and you won't even see it coming.
When a brutal teenage revenge plot gets pushed too far, 14 year-old Tara is forced to choose between standing helplessly on the sidelines or stepping in to defend the boyfriend that hurt her.
Acting
Tiona Johnson's face does the entire third act.
Direction
Jones builds dread in 8 minutes better than most features.
Editing
That final cut to black — absolutely merciless.
Director
Adam Garnet Jones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jones (Cree/Métis) made this as a thesis film at Ryerson, part of a wave of 2010s Indigenous cinema reclaiming narrative agency. The reserve setting isn't backdrop — it's structural.
That final freeze-frame on Tara's face? Not in the original script. Johnson's performance was so devastating they rebuilt the ending around it.
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