''Flood'' is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Amanda Strong and released in 2017.Anna Dimoff
"Animated short film tells story of Indigenous youth combating colonial influence"

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British Columbia, December 10, 2017. The film tells the story of Thunder, an

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youth created by the Spider Woman to combat the flood of lies and threats to indigenous peoples spawned by European colonization of North America. The film premiered on October 1, 2017 at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival. It was subsequently named to TIFF's year-end

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list for short films in 2017,Norman Wilner
"Canada’s Top Ten has some glaring omissions"
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'', December 6, 2017. and was selected by journalist

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for a

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program of five short films on the theme of "Keep Calm and Decolonize".

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* 2017 films 2017 animated short films 2010s English-language films English-language Canadian films Canadian animated short films First Nations films 2010s Canadian animated films English-language short films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub