The disappearance of a young Cree woman in Toronto traumatizes her Northern Ontario family, and sends her twin sister on a journey south to find her.
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THROUGH BLACK SPRUCE has one scene where a character walks through wooded black spruce. There is something subtle about the scene though one can not be 100% clear what the meaning of it all is. The same thing can be said overall of Canadian actor/director Don McKellar’s (LAST NIGHT) mesh of missing persons mystery and indigenous people statement. The film is an ambitious and diligent work but the two genres fit uncomfortably in a somewhat drab thriller, not for want of trying.
There are two things going for McKellar’s movie. The first is the beautiful and stunning Ontario landscape of James Bay. The shots…
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