STELLAR - CATCHING UP WITH ELLE-MAIJA TAILFEATHERS

Stellar is a unique new movie that will have you thinking about the cosmic connection between love and nature,

Stellar is a 2022 Canadian romantic drama film, written, produced, and directed by Darlene Naponse adapted from her short story. The film stars Braeden Clarke and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as an indigenous man and woman who meet and initiate a romantic relationship, setting off a cosmic chain of events that may save the world from destruction.

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Braeden Clarke star as He and She. They are strangers who meet up in a bar r in Sudbury and have an immediate connection. While other characters weave in an out of the bar throughout the course of the night, it is obvious that something very strong is drawing He and She together.

What makes this film even more unique is that there is very little dialogue and focuses on the strong connection that the two main characters have for each other while outside the bar’s front window we see imminent chaos. Fires burning, destruction and panic - an Indigenous creation story for “He and She” to connect with and resolve.

I spoke with star Elle-Maija Tailfeathers about working on this unique film and how she feels about how Indigenous film and television projects are coming into the forefront.