Gail Maurice
Aberdeen
"The System is Broken"
An idyllic childhood with her mooshum and kookum, or grandparents, in her community of Peguis First Nation dissipates as Aberdeen’s hard-partying and absentee parents distances her from that haven. Now an adult, sleeping on public benches, Winnipeg-based Aberdeen is in survival mode. The last remaining stable parts of her life begin slipping away — her reliable brother Boyd is ill and gives up Aberdeen’s grandkids to the foster care system. Then she loses her ID.
The Winter Guest
1997
My Winnipeg
2008
Goodbye June
2025
I Believe in Unicorns
2015
Ginger Snaps
2000
Scarecrow
1973
Maudie
2016
Here
2024
10,000 Saints
2015
Benny & Joon
1993
Slums of Beverly Hills
1998
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923
Float
2024
Save the Last Dance
2001
The Unforgivable
2021