Michelle St. John

Michelle St. John

Born: August 26, 1967
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michelle St. John is a Canadian actress, singer, producer and director and a member of the Wampanoag Nation in the northeastern United States. She has been involved in creative projects in theatre, film, television and music since the 1980s. Her directorial debut, Colonization Road, is a 2016 feature-length documentary that premiered at imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.

Movies for Michelle St. John...

Rez Carz
Title: Rez Carz
Character: (voice)
Released: April 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Abandoned cars rest silently in fields for decades, still holding secret conversations within their bodies.
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The Business of Fancydancing
Title: The Business of Fancydancing
Character: Agnes Roth
Released: January 14, 2002
Type: Movie
Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Indian poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend.
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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Title: Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Character: Nakoma (voice) (uncredited)
Released: August 4, 1998
Type: Movie
When news of John Smith's death reaches America, Pocahontas is devastated. She sets off to London with John Rolfe, to meet with the King of England on a diplomatic mission: to create peace and respect between the two great lands. However, Governor Ratcliffe is still around; he wants to return to Jamestown and take over. He will stop at nothing to discredit the young princess.
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White Lies
Title: White Lies
Character: TV Newsperson 1
Released: March 29, 1998
Type: Movie
How can a smart middle class girl suddenly turn into a devoted right wing debater? That's what happens with Catherine when she meets the charismatic leaders of the neo-nazi organization NIM. Catherine, a first-year university student who feels alienated from the liberal campus, joins a hate group through the Internet and becomes their voice, only to gradually question their beliefs even as she becomes more deeply involved.
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Smoke Signals
Title: Smoke Signals
Character: Velma
Released: January 16, 1998
Type: Movie
Young Native American man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by Arnold. Arnold soon left his family, and Victor hasn't seen his father for 10 years. When Victor hears Arnold has died, Thomas offers him funding for the trip to get Arnold's remains.
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Coyote Summer
Title: Coyote Summer
Character: Rachel
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Teenage Callie has a wild streak. When her mother goes to London on business, she sends Callie to her sister's ranch for a dose of hard work and responsibility. Callie is sullen, at first, naturally, but perks up at the sight of a beautiful but wild black horse. When she overhears of the horse's destruction, due to his inability to be tamed, she arranges to steal the horse with a fellow ranch hand named Rafe. In hiding, the two begin to calm the horse and start his training. It works. But, will their hideaway be discovered?
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Pocahontas
Title: Pocahontas
Character: Nakoma (voice)
Released: June 14, 1995
Type: Movie
Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
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Geronimo
Title: Geronimo
Released: December 5, 1993
Type: Movie
The story of the greatest Native American warrior who, together with the rest of his Apache tribesmen, defied American and Mexican Armies in 1867. Finally caught and sent to a reservation camp, he eluded a military force of 5000 for 18 months before finally surrendering to the government.
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Spirit Rider
Title: Spirit Rider
Character: Camilla St. Claire
Released: August 23, 1993
Type: Movie
Jesse Threebears is a troubled Native-American teen who has been tossed from one foster home to the next since his mother died when he was an infant. Finally, he is taken in by his grandfather who, after a ten year stint in prison, is living on the reservation. With the help of his grandfather and several others who live on the reservation, Jesse begins to learn about his heritage and how to come to terms with his troubled life.
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Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter
Title: Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter
Character: Janice Wilson
Released: June 22, 1993
Type: Movie
The true story of an eleven year old girl who has a reputation for telling tall tales. So when she accuses her father of molesting her, will anybody believe her story?
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Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave
Title: Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave
Character: Angeline
Released: January 5, 1992
Type: Movie
An archaeological expedition journeys to Manitoba, Canada, in search of a legendary crucifix supposedly buried in an ancient Viking grave.
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Where the Spirit Lives
Title: Where the Spirit Lives
Character: Komi / Amelia
Released: June 6, 1990
Type: Movie
In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. She is taken to a boarding school where she is forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment. Only one sympathetic white teacher who is more and more repelled by this bigotry offers her any help from among the staff. That, with her force of will, Ashtecome (forced to take the name Amelia) is determined to hold on to her identity and that of her siblings, who were also abducted.
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The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
Title: The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
Character: Maggie
Released: January 27, 1987
Type: Movie
A high school is rocked by a contentious debate over whether or not "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" should be removed from its library for language concerns.
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9B
Title: 9B
Character: Emma Kostynuik
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: Movie
The story of a young idealistic teacher and his struggle with a class of difficult students in a northern British Columbia school.