''Savage'' is a Canadian

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

, directed by Lisa Jackson and released in 2009."Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools"
'' Canadian Art'', November 22, 2013. The film depicts a Cree woman (Skeena Reece) crying and singing a sad traditional song while a young girl ( Ta'Kaiya Blaney) is transported to an Indian residential school (although the film is deliberately ambiguous about whether the woman is the child's mother, or the child herself reflecting on her past as an adult.) At the school, however, the conventional narrative of Indian residential schools is subverted when the children perform a hip hop–inspired group dance routine in class after the teacher leaves the room.

Accolades

The film won the

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for sc ...

for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 31st Genie Awards."Lisa Jackson went from law to film as a way to find truth"
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'', February 12, 2017.

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* {{ACCT Short Films 2009 films Canadian musical drama films Best Live Action Short Drama Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners First Nations films 2000s musical drama films 2009 drama films Works about residential schools in Canada 2000s English-language films Canadian drama short films 2000s Canadian films English-language Canadian films