Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Acting

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Born January 1, 1986 · Cardston, Alberta, Canada (age 40)

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, also known as Máijá Tailfeathers, is a Blackfoot and Sami actor, producer, filmmaker and curatorial assistant from the Kainai First Nation. She divides her time between Vancouver, Canada, the Blood Reserve and the Sapmi territory in Norway.

Known For

Night RaidersNight Raiders · 2021
Night Raiders
★ 4.92021
MovieScience Fiction
The year is 2043. A military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are property of the State. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children’s academy and get her daughter back. Night Raiders is a female-driven dystopian drama about resilience, courage and love.
Another Cinderella StoryAnother Cinderella Story · 2008
Another Cinderella Story
★ 7.32008
MovieMusicComedy
A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, he sets out to find his masked beauty.
Blood QuantumBlood Quantum · 2019
Blood Quantum
★ 5.82019
MovieHorror
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.
StellarStellar · 2022
Stellar
★ 1.02022
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Set within the fluidity of time, touch, realism and reverie. Some may call this magic realism. Based within Indigenous knowledge and way of life, this story allows two people to heal, through touch, calm, love and patience in a fantastical space that leaves the audience dreamlike and yet it is dangerous and violent, there is love.
Love in ParadiseLove in Paradise · 2016
Love in Paradise
★ 6.12016
MovieTV MovieRomance
When a Western movie star is forced to spend a PR weekend at a dude ranch, his fans are horrified to learn he's actually a city slicker who's afraid of horses and has never been west of the Hudson River.
The Body Remembers When the World Broke OpenThe Body Remembers When the World Broke Open · 2019
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
★ 7.42019
MovieDrama
When Áila encounters a young Indigenous woman, barefoot and crying in the rain on the side of a busy street, she soon discovers that this young woman, Rosie, has just escaped a violent assault at the hands of her boyfriend. Áila decides to bring Rosie home with her and over the course of the evening, the two navigate the aftermath of this traumatic event.
On the FarmOn the Farm · 2016
On the Farm
★ 5.02016
MovieDramaTV Movie
Based on a true story, a powerful study of the dysfunction and disorder in the police and criminal justice systems that allowed a wily psychopath to murder nearly 50 marginalised women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
BihttošBihttoš · 2014
Bihttoš
★ 8.02014
MovieDocumentary
Bihttoš is an unconventional documentary that explores the complex relationship between a father and daughter. Through animation, re-enactments, and archival photos, writer/director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers delves into the dissolution of her parents’ mythic love story and how it has colored her perception of love in her adult life.

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