Kissed by Lightning(2009)
Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter from Canada haunted by the tragic death of her husband, who was hit by lightning. She paints the stories he used to tell her, but she can’t come to grips with her loss. It is only after she drives to New York City for an art opening, traveling across what were her ancestors’ tribal lands, that Mavis reconciles herself to her new life.
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Mavis Dogblood
Bug a.k.a. Solomon King
Jessie Lightning
Larry King
Josephine Lightning
Jacques
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