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Aberdeen

Aberdeen

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Aberdeen

"The System is Broken"

2024

1h 23m

8.3(3 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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Farpoint Films

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Gail Maurice

Gail Maurice

Aberdeen

Billy Merasty

Billy Merasty

Alfred

Jennifer Podemski

Jennifer Podemski

Grace

Liam Stewart-Kanigan

Liam Stewart-Kanigan

Raven

Ryan Rajendra Black

Ryan Rajendra Black

Boyd

Onalee Ames

Onalee Ames

Maggie

Bradley Sawatzky

Bradley Sawatzky

Morris

Robert Nahum

Robert Nahum

Abba

Darcy Fehr

Darcy Fehr

Dr. Manny

Gabriel Daniels

Gabriel Daniels

Jarvis

Creative team

Directed by: Ryan Cooper
Eva Thomas
Written by: Eva Thomas
Ryan Cooper
Produced by: Ryan Cooper
Kathleen Easton

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