Eric Plamondon

A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.

Three storytellers navigate the muddy water that is Manitoba’s subconscious, where truth is blurred by the power of the currents. Their narratives reveal hard moments in the prairie’s shadowy queer history.

Childhood friends Chris and Alex reunite on a camping trip to an idyllic but reportedly haunted creek. Tensions mount as Chris’ deep Christian faith clashes with Alex’s worldly desires, until a dark presence pervades the creek and awakens unconscious desires that force the friends to reckon with their sexualities.

Three storytellers navigate the muddy water that is Manitoba’s subconscious, where truth is blurred by the power of the currents. Their narratives reveal hard moments in the prairie’s shadowy queer history.

Beatnik contemporary revival in the voice of a francophone queer métis gives voice to thoughts, desires, and struggles of a queer indigenous Manitoban.