Gail Maurice
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Place of birth: Saskatchewan, Canada
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Gail Maurice is a fluent Cree/Michif speaking actor and an award-winning filmmaker. She created her own company Assini Productions to tell stories that highlight strong Indigenous female leads. She translates and speaks her language whenever she can on the big and little screen. She translated and played the role of Ida, in Night Raiders. She translated/co-wrote and played the role of Meetos, in Quebexit and won Best Screenplay at the Whistler Film Festival 2020.
Movie Credits
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics
2021-09-11
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics dives deeply into the innate contrast between the Seven Deadly
Finn's Girl
2007-06-04
Dr. Finn Jeffries plays a new stepmother to her deceased lover's daughter Zelly. She also took over
Bones of Crows
2023-06-02
Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue h
Wind River: Rising
Terror has escalated on the Wind River reservation as a series of ritualistic murders remain unsolve
Boxed In
2009-01-01
In this short film, a young woman of mixed ancestry struggles with an Equal Opportunity Form that re
Johnny Greyeyes
2000-08-21
Johnny GreyEyes is a girl from an injun family. Since her childhood she was abused by her father and
Rosie
2022-12-02
An orphaned Indigenous girl is forced to live with her reluctant, street-smart, francophone auntie a
Wakening
2014-05-31
In the near future, the environment has been destroyed and society suffocates under a brutal militar
Aberdeen
2024-09-06
An idyllic childhood with her mooshum and kookum, or grandparents, in her community of Peguis First
Four Faces of the Moon
2016-10-20
Follow the animated journey of an Indigenous photographer as she travels through time. The oral and
Falls Around Her
2018-09-08
A world-famous Anishinaabe musician returns to the reserve to rest and recharge — only to discover t
Big Bear
1998-02-09
The story of Big Bear, the real life Cree chief who campaigned for his people and their land against
Camera Test
2019-05-01
What gets lost when female voices are stymied during the creative process? Pairing intimate intervie
Inconvenient Indian
2020-09-10
Based on the bestselling book, this urgent feature documentary from celebrated director Michelle Lat
Québexit
2020-09-22
Québexit is a multi-lingual (English, French, Cree) ensemble political comedy: when a transnational
Night Raiders
2021-10-08
The year is 2043. A military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. C
Giant Mine
1996-12-08
CBC's dramatic account of the tragedy of Yellowknife's Giant Mine, in which 9 miners were killed dur
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw
2019-10-17
As MITZI BEARCLAW turns 25 years-old, she is faced with a tragic decision – stay in the big city to
Blood Lines
2025-10-05
Whilst embarking on a lesbian relationship with the new girl in town, a Métis woman’s life is rocked