Blood Lines

Beatrice works as a clerk at a locally owned convenience store and is also a citizen journalist. Community members who frequent her store offer advice on everything, including her lesbian love life. Soon, 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 and wholesome portrayal of Michif-speaking intergenerational community, the film is layered with cultural pride and unexpected revelations that gently unpack conversations about deep wounds triggered by Canada’s colonial regime and the ways it continues to impact Indigenous communities.