A stunning graphic-novel
adaptation based on the work of one of Canada’s most revered and bestselling
authors
On a trip to visit his older sister, who has moved away from the family
home on the reserve to Salt Lake City, a young boy and his mother are posed a
simple question with a not-so-simple answer. Are you Canadian, the border
guards ask, or American?
“Blackfoot.”
And when border guards will not accept their citizenship, mother and son
wind up trapped in an all-too-real limbo between nations that do not recognize
who they are.
A powerful
graphic-novel adaptation of one of Thomas King’s most celebrated short stories,
Borders explores themes of identity and
belonging, and is a poignant depiction of the significance of a nation’s
physical borders from an Indigenous perspective. This timeless story is brought
to vibrant, piercing life by the singular vision of artist Natasha Donovan.
"In this sparsely worded,
moving graphic novel . . . the team adeptly captures the dilemma of Native Nations whose homelands were split by political borders.
This sobering yet inspiring tale effectively spotlights a Native woman who quietly demands that her voice be heard and her identity recognized."
