Tkaronto (2007)
October 21, 2007Release Date

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Cast & Crew.

Melanie McLaren
Jolene Peltier

Duane Murray
Ray Morrin

Lorne Cardinal
Max Cardinal

Cheri Maracle
Linda Cardinal

Jeff Geddis
John

Mike McPhaden
Kevin

Shane Belcourt
Director

Rae Ellen Bodie
Tarrot Card Lady
Media.

Details.
Release DateOctober 21, 2007
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
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This Movie Is About.
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Tkaronto is a Canadian drama film, which premiered in 2007 at the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival in Toronto. Directed by Shane Belcourt, the film went into commercial release in the summer of 2008.
The film, named for the Mohawk word from which the name of the city of Toronto is derived, stars Duane Murray and Melanie McLaren as Ray Morrin and Jolene Peltier, who meet while in Toronto on business. Ray, a Métis cartoonist from Vancouver, is in town to pitch an animated series called Indian Jones to a television network, and Jolene, an Anishinaabe artist from Los Angeles, is in town to paint a portrait of Max (Lorne Cardinal), a local indigenous elder.
The film's cast also includes Cheri Maracle, Jeff Geddis, Mike McPhaden, Rae Ellen Bodie, Jonah Allison, Abby Zotz, Sandy Jobin-Bevans and Tricia Williams.