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OCT 16-19
MQT, MI

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OCT 16-19, 2025 • Marquette, MIchigan

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Tahnaanooku'

Screened at FCFF 2024

  • Year 2024
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 7 min
  • Director Justin Deegan
  • Notes Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere
  • Topics
    • Climate Change
    • Culture
    • Environment
    • Family Friendly
    • First Nations
    • History
    • Midwest
    • Social Causes
    • Kickass Ladies
    • Diversity

Film Synopsis

An artistic celebration of the environmental activism of Darline Deegan and her efforts to protect the land of her Indigenous community.

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Marquette, MI  49855

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