22 Oct 2021
When Shadows Dance at Night
Following her brother's death, Georgia, a young college student, returns home to her reservation only to find she's become the prey of a shapeshifting, faceless figure.
Shi-Shi-Etko
Young native Indian Shi-Shi-Etko will soon be taken away from her home to begin her formal western education at a residential school, which were designed to solve the Indian "problem". Her mother, father and grandmother want her to remember her native roots and they wait for her return in the spring to continue passing down those ideals to her. In the meantime, the Indian community is barren of children.
Top Billed Cast
Ta'kaiya Blaney Shi-Shi-Etko
Inez Jasper Mom
Rita Pete Yayah
Lee Provost Dad
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