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.

Director: Ryan Cooper

Cast

Gail Maurice

Aberdeen

Billy Merasty

Alfred

Jennifer Podemski

Grace

Liam Stewart-Kanigan

Raven

Ryan Rajendra Black

Boyd

Onalee Ames

Maggie

Bradley Sawatzky

Morris

Robert Nahum

Abba