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Portraits from a Fire
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Portraits from a Fire

Oct 3, 2021
1h 32m
★ 6.0

Overview

An Indigenous teenage boy fights through distorting realities as a family secret unravels.

Genres

Drama
Comedy

Production Companies

Ammo Content

Portraits from a Fire Trailers

Cast

Nathaniel Arcand

Gord

Nathaniel Arcand

Asivak Koostachin

Aaron

Asivak Koostachin

William Lulua

Tyler

William Lulua

Sammy Stump

Sammy

Sammy Stump

Pauline Bob-King

Trish

Pauline Bob-King

Melanie Bobby

Isobel

Melanie Bobby

Leighton Bingham

Baby Aaron

Leighton Bingham

Kacin Hance

Baby Tyler

Kacin Hance

Crystal Harry

Crystal

Crystal Harry

Kelly William

Fire Fighter #1

Kelly William

Travis Stump

Fire Fighter #2

Travis Stump

Dakota Hance

Fire Fighter #3

Dakota Hance

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