Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines

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This documentary follows a queer Cree woman and her partner as they go through in vitro fertilization to start their family. It captures their process of building a child together and the personal significance of this journey.

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êmîcêtôsêt-Many Bloodlines is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Theola Ross and released in 2020. The film documents the experience of Ross, a queer-identified Cree woman, and her partner as they pursue in vitro fertilisation treatment after deciding to raise a child together. The film premiered at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it was named the winner of the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary. It subsequently won the award for Best Short Documentary Work at the 2020 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival. The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films. The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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