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The opera’s dual narrative centers on Ava, a young white woman thrown into a tree in a car crash who sees the body of an Indigenous woman known as Native Girl. The encounter makes a deep impression on Ava; she adopts elements of Gitxsan culture and later dreams of Native Girl’s murder. A second narrative follows the grief of Native Girl’s brother and mother.
Across a nonlinear timeline, Indigenous women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside speak about their hopes and lives in the days before their deaths, caused by Gilbert Paul Jordan. Through a daughter searching for answers about her mother’s disappearance, the women’s experiences and voices are brought forward.
The opera’s dual narrative centers on Ava, a young white woman thrown into a tree in a car crash who sees the body of an Indigenous woman known as Native Girl. The encounter makes a deep impression on Ava; she adopts elements of Gitxsan culture and later dreams of Native Girl’s murder. A second narrative follows the grief of Native Girl’s brother and mother.
Across a nonlinear timeline, Indigenous women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside speak about their hopes and lives in the days before their deaths, caused by Gilbert Paul Jordan. Through a daughter searching for answers about her mother’s disappearance, the women’s experiences and voices are brought forward.