| From Cherry English | |
| Director: | Jeff Barnaby |
| Producer: | Danièle Rohrbach |
| Starring: | Nathaniel Arcand |
| Music: | Joe Barrucco |
| Editing: | Paul Raphaël |
| Studio: | Nutaaq Media |
| Runtime: | 11 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English Mi'kmaq |
From Cherry English is a Canadian short film, directed by Jeff Barnaby and released in 2004.[1] Barnaby's first short film, it stars Nathaniel Arcand as Traylor, a Mi'kmaq man who is taken on a hallucinogenic journey by a mysterious woman, as an allegory for the threats to indigenous identity posed by modern life.[2]
The film won two Golden Sheaf Awards at the 2004 Yorkton Film Festival, for Best Aboriginal and Best Videography.[3] At the 2004 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, it received an honorable mention for the Cynthia Lickers-Sage Award for Emerging Talent.[4]