Critical Writing Index

Destiny's Child: Filmmaker Adam Garnet-Jones relives youthful imagination and identity-seeking through Cloudbreaker. Sean Flinn remembers it well.

by Sean Flinn

The Coast, Nov. 29, 2007

Cloudbreaker is a 15-minute film by Adam Garnet Jones about a young boy named Darren who wishes to transform into a wolf who can move clouds in the sky.

Darren's native identity is constructed through library books and pop culture.

Garnet-Jones is a 25-year old queer filmmaker whose work has screened at various film festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007.

Cloudbreaker screens at the Mi'kmaq Native Friendship Centre in November 2007.

ITEM 2007.108 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

CloudbreakerAdam Garnet-Jones