THE COLONY
Toronto Film Festival, Top Ten Canadian Films of 2007
Directed by Jeff Barnaby
(Fiction, 2007, 24 min)
A bi-racial ménage a trois drenched in surrealist urban skank. Maytag, a
reservation displaced Mi’gMaq, latches onto the only other Indian within
light years of the city only to have her snatched away by his drug dealer
and friend. Sadistically lovesick and drug addled, Maytag launches an
insecticide on the cockroaches that have colonized his trailer convinced
that they helped steal his fiancé. Heart broken and thoroughly crushed,
he turns to his only friend for solace, his chainsaw. A demented allegory
on miscegenation, the plight of modern native Canadians and their affinity
for self-destruction.
Trailer:
Jeff Barnaby was born and raised on the rural Mi’gMaq reserve of Listuguj Quebec. A multi disciplined artist, he has won several awards for his artwork, poetry, short stories and films. His work provides a bare knuckled view of the post colonial Indian and the world they live in. Jeff Barnaby’s first short film, From Cherry English, won 2 Golden Sheaf awards and played in dozens of festivals including Sundance, Tribecca, Fantasia, Vancouver International Film Fest and the Atlantic International Film Fest. The Colony, Jeff Barnaby’s second short is a gritty depiction of deception, desolation and decay. Born of an imaginative script and proficiently executed, this powerful film witnesses cockroaches and chainsaws wreak havoc during one man’s descent into madness.
EyeSteelFilm was founded by veteran documentary filmmakers Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin. The company is dedicated to using cinema as a catalyst for social and political change. Our mandate is to develop and create cinema that empowers people who are ignored by mainstream media.
World Premiere:
2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Languages:
English, Mi’gMaq
Staring:
Glen Gould as Maytag
Kaniehtiio Horn as Myriam
Kent McQuaid as Jackson
Mike Tsar as Criddle
Directed, Written & Edited by:
Jeff Barnaby
Producer:
John Christou
Executive producers:
Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Rorhbach
Music:
Tom Waits & The Black Keys
Director of Photography:
Michel St-Martin
Contact for Distribution:
Vtape
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