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Gail Maurice

Gail Maurice

Gail Maurice is a Métis filmmaker and actor from Saskatchewan who runs the Toronto-based Assini Productions, a company she founded in 2004 with the goal of bringing Indigenous stories to the screen. Her growing list of credits includes Memory in Bones, ME+D=AHH, Little Indians and Thirst.  Her 2005 short Smudge, featuring Indigenous women integrating ancestral ceremonies into their urban lives,screened at Sundance andwas among the titles selected by Michael Moore to appear at Michigan’s Traverse City Film Festival, an event he co-founded. Maurice has numerous acting credits, including roles in the TV series Cardinal, Cold and Street Time.

  • Smudge
    Smudge
    Gail Maurice 2005 12 min
    This short documentary follows three Indigenous women as they practice ancestral forms of worship: drumming, singing, and using sweetgrass. These ancient spiritual traditions may at first seem at odds with urban life, but to Indigenous people in Canada who are used to praying in natural settings, the whole world is sacred space.

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