Thirza Cuthand

Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement

Thirza Cuthand

Thirza Cuthand

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.

Kwêskosîw: She Whistles

Thirza Cuthand

Sera-Lys McArthur, Aidan Devine

On the way to her girlfriend's place, an Indigenous woman is assaulted by her cab driver. Amidst the struggle, she discovers a deadly supernatural power that may help solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance.

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Thirza Cuthand

Thirza Cuthand

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Woman Dress

Thirza Cuthand

Beth Cuthand, Thirza Cuthand

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.

Lessons In Baby Dyke Theory

Thirza Cuthand

Thirza Cuthand, Lyndsay Baillie

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.

Through the Looking Glass

Thirza Cuthand

Thirza Cuthand, Shawna Dempsey

Half-breed Alice attempts to become queen and struggles with the Red Queen and the White Queen's disapproval of her racial transgressions.

Working Baby Dyke Theory: The Diasporic Impact of Cross-Generational Barriers

Thirza Cuthand

A teenage lesbian's attempts to form friendships with older lesbians leads her on a disturbing ride through the ageist terrain of the lesbian community.

2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

Thirza Cuthand

Thirza Cuthand, Lindsay Nixon

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.

Earth Flesh

Thirza Cuthand

Sounds and visuals give a “physical” overview of the Land Question, and Cuthand turns the question around regarding what it means to own or be owned.

Extractions

Thirza Cuthand

A personal film about Canada's extraction industry and its detrimental effects on the land and Indigenous peoples. This film parallels resource extraction with the booming child apprehension Industry. As the filmmaker reviews her life and how these Industries have affected her, she also reflects on having her own eggs retrieved and frozen to make an Indigenous baby.

Homelands

Thirza Cuthand

A love story about the history of an interracial family's ancestors and the lands they emigrated from and migrated to. It is also a personal story about being mixed race.

Untouchable

Thirza Cuthand

A girl with a bad habit of falling for older women befriends a boy lover. This video is an examination of relationships between adults and teenagers. It involves ice cream trucks and bowie knives.

Bisexual Wannabe

Thirza Cuthand

A young lesbian, frustrated with a recent relationship, explores bisexuality and has an enlightening discovery.

Colonization: The Second Coming

Thirza Cuthand

In this sci-fi tale of conquest and empowerment, sex-toys become beacons for a new species of colonizers.

You Are a Lesbian Vampire

Thirza Cuthand

In the dark night of a prairie city, a vampire considers her future with a fetching mortal. But requiring blood for sustenance brings a host of problems to the relationship.

Manipulation/Dictation

Thirza Cuthand

“I think being in the lesbian community means being in a very tiny room with the same five people, four of whom you absolutely despise.”