Flood (2017 film)

Flood is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Amanda Strong and released in 2017.^[1] The film tells the story of Thunder, an indigenous youth created by the Spider Woman to combat the flood of lies and threats to indigenous peoples spawned by European colonization of North America.^[1]

Flood
Directed by	Amanda Strong
Written by	Amanda Strong Bracken Hanuse Corlett
Produced by	Dusty Hagerud Carolynne Hew Amanda Strong
Starring	Craig Frank Edes
Cinematography	Terrance Azzuolo
Edited by	Dora Cepic
Music by	Ziibiwan
Production company	Spotted Fawn Productions
Distributed by	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Release date	October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01) (VIFF)
Running time	5 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The film premiered on October 1, 2017 at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival.^[2]

It was subsequently named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2017,^[3] and was selected by journalist Jesse Wente for a CBC program of five short films on the theme of "Keep Calm and Decolonize".^[1]