Blood Lines

Between her job at the convenience store and as a citizen journalist, Beatrice is steadily in the know. Regulars at the store offer advice on everything, including her lesbian love life. The village is abuzz with news about two new arrivals—Chani, a young woman in search of her biological family, and Beatrice’s mother Léonore, who abandoned her child to be raised by the village. Directed by Métis filmmaker Gail Maurice, Blood Lines is a lesbian romance and family drama that takes place in Wapamon Sipi, a contemporary Métis village.

Praised by critics for its authentic portrayal of an intergenerational and Michif-speaking community. Blood Lines is layered with cultural pride and unpacks conversations on Canada’s colonial harm to Indigenous communities.