Savage (2009 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Savage

| native_name =

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Lisa Jackson

| producer = Lauren Grant
Lori Lozinski

| writer = Lisa Jackson

| starring = Ta'Kaiya Blaney
Skeena Reece

| music = Rodrigo Caballero

| cinematography = Robert Aschmann

| editing = Hart Snider
Brendan Woollard

| studio = Clique Pictures
Violator Films

| distributor = Ouat Media

| released = {{Film date|2009|10|17|ImagineNATIVE}}

| runtime = 6 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Savage is a Canadian short film, directed by Lisa Jackson and released in 2009.[http://canadianart.ca/reviews/witnesses-belkin/ "Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools"]. Canadian Art, November 22, 2013.

The film depicts a Cree woman (Skeena Reece) crying and singing a sad traditional song while a young girl (Ta'Kaiya Blaney) is transported to an Indian residential school (although the film is deliberately ambiguous about whether the woman is the child's mother, or the child herself reflecting on her past as an adult.) At the school, however, the conventional narrative of Indian residential schools is subverted when the children perform a hip hop–inspired group dance routine in class after the teacher leaves the room.[http://rpm.fm/news/video-lisa-jacksons-savage/ "Video: Lisa Jackson’s “Savage”"]. Revolutions Per Minute, May 3, 2012.