Tanis Parenteau

Tanis Parenteau


in Peace River, Alberta, Canada

Movies for Tanis Parenteau...

The Heart Stays
Title: The Heart Stays
Character: Girl #1 (Townie)
Released: March 26, 2024
Type: Movie
The Heart Stays tells the story of two Native American sisters who leave the traditions and safety of their Native nation to follow their own long-held dreams–the older one to attend a distinguished college and the younger one to become a rock star. Soon after leaving their beloved land and community their life journeys collide with racism, drugs, and violence, forcing the older teen to choose between her own life’s work and saving her sister’s life.
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Title: Gossip Girl
Character: Samantha
Released: July 8, 2021
Type: TV
Eight years after the original website went dark, a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl.
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Manahatta
Title: Manahatta
Character: Jane / Le-le-wa'-you /Ensemble
Released: March 29, 2021
Type: Movie
In this timely world-premiere drama by celebrated playwright, activist and attorney Mary Kathryn Nagle, past and present intertwine. Nagle’s story illuminates the tragic consequences of commercial exploits, including the removal of Native people and the attempted eradication of their culture, that gave rise to the America we know today. Securities trader Jane Snake is torn between worlds. Her return to Wall Street in 2008 brings her to Manahatta (“island of many hills” in Lenape), the homeland her ancestors were violently forced to leave in the 1600s. Meanwhile, her family in Oklahoma struggles to save their language, their culture and their over-mortgaged home. Jane Snake’s return to Manahatta defiantly demonstrates that the Lenape are still here.
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Title: The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Character: Iceberg Montage #11
Released: July 18, 2018
Type: Movie
Pennsylvania, 1993. After getting caught with another girl, teenager Cameron Post is sent to a conversion therapy center run by the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh and her brother, Reverend Rick, whose treatment consists in repenting for feeling “same sex attraction.” Cameron befriends fellow sinners Jane and Adam, thus creating a new family to deal with the surrounding intolerance.
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Cold Side of the Pillow
Title: Cold Side of the Pillow
Character: Rayne
Released: August 11, 2017
Type: Movie
The true life events of four friends come to screen with a story of self-discovery, pain of friendship, love of loss.
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A Big Black Space
Title: A Big Black Space
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: Movie
A short film based on a true story: One night reveals a culture of violence when a Native American woman narrowly escapes sexual assault.