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Justin Ducharme’s Indigenous Sex Worker Drama ‘Seventeen’ Begins Production & Unveils Cast


Justin Ducharme’s Indigenous Sex Worker Drama ‘Seventeen’ Begins Production & Unveils Cast

The production has also unveiled its buzzy Indigenous cast featuring Nizhonniya Austin ( The Curse), Taio Gelinas ( Avatar: The Last Airbender, Beans), Kaniehtiio Horn ( Seeds, Alice Darling, Reservation Dogs), Shannon Baker ( Bones of Crows) and newcomer, singer, model, and human rights advocate Aalayna. “Being an experiential sex worker myself, my storytelling has aimed to capture the power that occurs within the intersections of Indigenous sexual sovereignty and chosen family relations, Seventeen is an extension of these thoughts and I can’t wait to share it with audiences.” Experimental Forest Films is an award-winning production company committed to socially relevant stories, the credits of which include TIFF titles Never Steady, Never Still, Seagrass, Until Branches Bend.

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