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In a tight-knit East Preston community rooted in faith, grief, and intergenerational responsibility, 24-year-old artist Anessa Taylor fights to secure her artistic future while navigating family obligations, complicated relationships, and an unexpected pregnancy that threatens to upend everything she has worked for.

 

From the Writer/Director: Tara Taylor

"The inspiration for this film came from something that happened years ago in my home church. A young woman had a baby out of wedlock, and I wasn’t there that Sunday, but later I heard that the congregation made her stand up in front of everyone and apologize. No mention of the father. No accountability for him. It was as if she alone carried the weight of that child. I remember feeling shocked — heartbroken, really — that something like that could happen in a place that was supposed to be family.

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Anessa’s story is about moving through these wounds — both the ones inflicted on her and the ones she carries inside — and discovering her purpose, anyway. Her strength, her spirit, and her “God-given” talents are what pulls her through. It’s a world where joy and hardship are held in the same breaths. Where laughter can ring out in moments of despair and deep struggle, and tears can spill out in precious moments of joy. It’s the world of the Black Indigenous Nova Scotian community of East Preston, a place shaped by faith, family, and history. In East Preston, faith can be both a shield and, at times, a weight for the generations of women who protect the truths and unseen stories, successes and struggles of their people. "