Former Prince Albert resident receives international acclaim for first short film

Filmed primarily in Victoria, B.C., the short film is about an Indigenous woman who leaves the safety of her small community and heads to the big city. With a desire to be closer to bigger filmmaking opportunities, Tuba moved from Prince Albert to Victoria in 2020. Tuba, who both co-wrote and stars in the film, confirmed the story is fiction but was inspired by her first trip to Toronto over 10 years ago.

“It was a challenge leaving home because that’s where family is, that’s where you place your house and all the people you’ve grown up with but it was time, it was time to chase my dream,” she said.

Reflecting back on her time in Prince Albert, Tuba said she really found her passion for theatre around 2014 and attended a workshop in Regina. She also acknowledged her first time on stage as an actress was with the Broadway North Theatre Company and their production of Dracula. Tuba said acting is one of her favourite things to do.

“You get to create a whole different person and become part of a vision the director has and the writer has to get onto film. And once it’s on film, it’s quite amazing.”

And when asked if she thinks she could be a role model for young Indigenous women with big dreams, Tuba said she hopes so.

“They might have other dreams than I do but like it says in the trailer, nothing happens if you stay stuck.”

(Image Credit: Submitted photo.)

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by Nigel Maxwell

Former Prince Albert resident receives international acclaim for first short film

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