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Bretten Hannam's Wildhood praised as a standout queer road movie

Original: Wildhood is one of the movies that really grabbed me the last few years. Written and directed by Bretten Hannam, a two-s

Film lovers are singling out Wildhood, the 2021 road movie written and directed by Bretten Hannam, a two-spirit non-binary Mi'kmaq filmmaker from Canada. Starring Philip Lewitski and Joshua Odjick, it is being praised for weaving Indigenous and queer identity into a romantic coming-of-age journey, with viewers calling it one of the films that has most stayed with them in recent years.

Why now: Audiences are recommending the film as an underseen gem that stands out for its Indigenous and queer perspective.

WildhoodBretten HannamPhilip LewitskiJoshua OdjickCanada

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• Wildhood is one of the movies that really grabbed me the last few years. Written and directed by Bretten Hannam, a two-spirit non-binary Mi’kmaq from Canada, it stars Philip Lewitski and Joshua Odjick. It’s profoundly queer and indigenous but also a romantic road movie and… · thisislieven@c.im · 2

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