TJ Cuthand
Biography: TJ Cuthand was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1978, and grew up in Saskatoon. Since 1995 he has been making short experimental narrative videos and films about sexuality, madness, Queer identity and love, and Indigeneity, which have screened in festivals internationally, including the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, Mix Brasil Festival of Sexual Diversity in Sao Paolo, ImagineNATIVE in Toronto, Ann Arbour Film Festival, Images in Toronto, Berlinale in Berlin, New York Film Festival, Outfest,and Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. His work has also exhibited at galleries including the Remai in Saskatoon, The National Gallery in Ottawa, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, MoMA in New York, and The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Film and Video at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2005, and his Masters of Arts in Media Production at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2015. He has made commissioned work for Urban Shaman and Videopool in Winnipeg, Cinema Politica in Montreal, VIMAF in Vancouver, and Bawaadan Collective in Canada. In 2020 he completed working on a 2D video game called A Bipolar Journey based on his experience learning and dealing with his bipolar disorder. It can be found here. He has also written three feature screenplays and has performed at Live At The End Of The Century in Vancouver, Queer City Cinema’s Performatorium in Regina, and 7a*11d in Toronto. In 2017 he won the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s REVEAL Indigenous Art Award. He is a Whitney Biennial 2019 artist. He has made 32 videos and films and counting. Currently he has a feature film in development. He is a non-binary Butch boy who uses He/Him pronouns. He is of Plains Cree and Scots descent, a member of Little Pine First Nation, and currently resides in Toronto, Canada.
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Boi Oh Boi
2012-12-03
Boi Oh Boi
Overview: After a long period in life identifying as a Butch Lesbian, Cuthand considers transitioning to male. After a considerable amount of thought and discussion, Cuthand changed her mind and decided to remain a Butch Lesbian. Explaining her decision, she touches on the desire to maintain a connection to the Lesbian community, as well as the sexy genderfucking that happens when one is a masculine woman.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-03
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Sight
2013-08-19
Sight
Overview: Super 8 footage layered with Sharpie marked lines and circles obscuring the image illustrates the story of the filmmaker’s experience with temporary episodes of migraine related blindness and her cousin’s self induced blindness later in life. Paralleling the experience of Blindness with Mental Illness, Cuthand deftly elucidates that any of us could lose any of our abilities at any time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-19
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Woman Dress
2019-11-13
Woman Dress
Overview: Pre-contact, a Two Spirit person named Woman Dress travels the Plains, gathering and sharing stories. Featuring archival images and dramatized re-enactments, this film shares a Cuthand family oral story, honouring and respecting Woman Dress without imposing colonial binaries on them.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-13
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Reclamation
2018-07-13
Reclamation
Overview: Reclamation is a documentary futurism short about three Indigenous survivors left behind on Earth after white people leave a destroyed planet behind for Mars. While seemingly dystopic, this film is filled with hope and humor and looks at potential solutions for current crises.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-13
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Just Dandy
2013-01-01
Just Dandy
Overview: Invited to speak at an Indigenous Revolutionary Meeting, the narrator describes an intimate encounter with an Evil Colonizing Queen which led to Turtle Island's contraction of an invasive European flora.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Lessons In Baby Dyke Theory
1995-07-11
Lessons In Baby Dyke Theory
Overview: In 1995 when Thirza Cuthand was 16 she felt like the only lesbian at her Saskatoon high school. This turned out to be untrue, but the lack of visibility in her high school coupled with the lack of representation of queer teenagers in the 90's made her make her first video, a comedic short about teenage lesbian loneliness and trying to bribe classmates to come out with the promise of candy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-11
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Through the Looking Glass
1999-08-07
Through the Looking Glass
Overview: Half-breed Alice attempts to become queen and struggles with the Red Queen and the White Queen's disapproval of her racial transgressions.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-07
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Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement
1999-01-01
Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement
Overview: A helpless maiden is tiring of her consensual S&M relationship with her lover, and "evil" queen. She wants to break up. An impassioned monologue in a dungeon with our heroine in wrist cuffs quickly becomes an emotionally messy ending in flames.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Less Lethal Fetishes
2019-10-03
Less Lethal Fetishes
Overview: Cuthand explores a confusing new gas mask fetish and confronts the feelings associated with being implicated in tear gas manufacturing and chemical companies through her art practice. Beautiful and complicated, this video explores the artists role in larger societal issues along with personal ramifications.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-03
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2-Spirit Introductory Special $19.99
2015-10-15
2-Spirit Introductory Special $19.99
Overview: New to the 2 Spirit lifestyle? Want to talk to someone in the spirit and the flesh instead of reading The Spirit and the Flesh? We have just the service for you! Call now and for only $19.99 a month you can get instant unlimited telephone access to traditional knowledge and support. We also provide monthly gifts to subscribers. Don't hesitate, ring those phones!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-15
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2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com
2017-08-15
2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com
Overview: 2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com queers and indigenizes traditional dating site advertisements. Using a Butch NDN 'lavalife" lady (performed by director Thirza Cuthand), 2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com seduces the viewer into 2 Spirit "snagging and shacking up" with suggestions of nearby pipeline protests to take your date to, and helpful elders who will matchmake you and tell off disrespectful suitors. It's the culturally appropriate website all single 2 Spirit people wish existed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-15
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Dreams of Sunlight Through Trees
2024-07-28
Dreams of Sunlight Through Trees
Overview: Middle-aged Theo documents life after starting hormones, as ongoing news headlines continue to underline and undermine ongoing trans rights.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-28
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