TJ Cuthand

TJ Cuthand

TJ Cuthand was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1978, and grew up in Saskatoon. Since 1995 he has been making short experimental narrative videos and films about sexuality, madness, Queer identity and love, and Indigeneity, which have screened in festivals internationally, including the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, Mix Brasil Festival of Sexual Diversity in Sao Paolo, ImagineNATIVE in Toronto, Ann Arbour Film Festival, Images in Toronto, Berlinale in Berlin, New York Film Festival, Outfest,and Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. His work has also exhibited at galleries including the Remai in Saskatoon, The National Gallery in Ottawa, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, MoMA in New York, and The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Film and Video at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2005, and his Masters of Arts in Media Production at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2015. He has made commissioned work for Urban Shaman and Videopool in Winnipeg, Cinema Politica in Montreal, VIMAF in Vancouver, and Bawaadan Collective in Canada. In 2020 he completed working on a 2D video game called A Bipolar Journey based on his experience learning and dealing with his bipolar disorder. It can be found here. He has also written three feature screenplays and has performed at Live At The End Of The Century in Vancouver, Queer City Cinema’s Performatorium in Regina, and 7a*11d in Toronto. In 2017 he won the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s REVEAL Indigenous Art Award. He is a Whitney Biennial 2019 artist. He has made 32 videos and films and counting. Currently he has a feature film in development. He is a non-binary Butch boy who uses He/Him pronouns. He is of Plains Cree and Scots descent, a member of Little Pine First Nation, and currently resides in Toronto, Canada.

  • Title: TJ Cuthand
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  • Place of Birth: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Homepage: http://www.thirzacuthand.com/
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TJ Cuthand Movies

  • 2012
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    Boi Oh Boi

    Boi Oh Boi

    1 2012 HD

    After a long period in life identifying as a Butch Lesbian, Cuthand considers transitioning to male. After a considerable amount of thought and...

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  • 2013
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    Sight

    Sight

    1 2013 HD

    Super 8 footage layered with Sharpie marked lines and circles obscuring the image illustrates the story of the filmmaker’s experience with...

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  • 2019
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    Woman Dress

    Woman Dress

    7 2019 HD

    Pre-contact, a Two Spirit person named Woman Dress travels the Plains, gathering and sharing stories. Featuring archival images and dramatized...

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  • 2018
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    Reclamation

    Reclamation

    1 2018 HD

    Reclamation is a documentary futurism short about three Indigenous survivors left behind on Earth after white people leave a destroyed planet behind...

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  • 2013
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    Just Dandy

    Just Dandy

    1 2013 HD

    Invited to speak at an Indigenous Revolutionary Meeting, the narrator describes an intimate encounter with an Evil Colonizing Queen which led to...

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  • 1995
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    Lessons In Baby Dyke Theory

    Lessons In Baby Dyke Theory

    1 1995 HD

    In 1995 when Thirza Cuthand was 16 she felt like the only lesbian at her Saskatoon high school. This turned out to be untrue, but the lack of...

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  • 1999
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    Through the Looking Glass

    Through the Looking Glass

    1 1999 HD

    Half-breed Alice attempts to become queen and struggles with the Red Queen and the White Queen's disapproval of her racial transgressions.

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  • 1999
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    Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement

    Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement

    1 1999 HD

    A helpless maiden is tiring of her consensual S&M relationship with her lover, and "evil" queen. She wants to break up. An impassioned monologue in a...

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  • 2019
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    Less Lethal Fetishes

    Less Lethal Fetishes

    1 2019 HD

    Cuthand explores a confusing new gas mask fetish and confronts the feelings associated with being implicated in tear gas manufacturing and chemical...

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  • 2015
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    2-Spirit Introductory Special $19.99

    2-Spirit Introductory Special $19.99

    1 2015 HD

    New to the 2 Spirit lifestyle? Want to talk to someone in the spirit and the flesh instead of reading The Spirit and the Flesh? We have just the...

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  • 2017
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    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

    1 2017 HD

    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com queers and indigenizes traditional dating site advertisements. Using a Butch NDN 'lavalife" lady (performed by director...

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  • 2024
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    Dreams of Sunlight Through Trees

    Dreams of Sunlight Through Trees

    1 2024 HD

    Middle-aged Theo documents life after starting hormones, as ongoing news headlines continue to underline and undermine ongoing trans rights.

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  • 1996
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    Colonization: The Second Coming

    Colonization: The Second Coming

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1997
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    Bisexual Wannabe

    Bisexual Wannabe

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    Bisexual Wannabe

    Bisexual Wannabe

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    Bisexual Wannabe

    Bisexual Wannabe

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    Bisexual Wannabe

    Bisexual Wannabe

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1995
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    Lessons In Baby Dyke Theory

    Lessons In Baby Dyke Theory

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1997
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    Working Baby Dyke Theory: The Diasporic Impact of Cross-Generational Barriers

    Working Baby Dyke Theory: The Diasporic Impact of Cross-Generational Barriers

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1998
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    Untouchable

    Untouchable

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    Untouchable

    Untouchable

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    Untouchable

    Untouchable

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    Untouchable

    Untouchable

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1997
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    Earth Flesh

    Earth Flesh

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    Earth Flesh

    Earth Flesh

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1999
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    Through the Looking Glass

    Through the Looking Glass

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Manipulation/Dictation

    Manipulation/Dictation

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Manipulation/Dictation

    Manipulation/Dictation

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Manipulation/Dictation

    Manipulation/Dictation

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Manipulation/Dictation

    Manipulation/Dictation

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement

    Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement

    Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement

    Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement

    1 1999 HD

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  • 2015
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    You Are a Lesbian Vampire

    You Are a Lesbian Vampire

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2015
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    2-Spirit Introductory Special $19.99

    2-Spirit Introductory Special $19.99

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2015
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    2-Spirit Introductory Special $19.99

    2-Spirit Introductory Special $19.99

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2015
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    2-Spirit Introductory Special $19.99

    2-Spirit Introductory Special $19.99

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2017
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    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

    2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2021
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    Kwêskosîw: She Whistles

    Kwêskosîw: She Whistles

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    Kwêskosîw: She Whistles

    Kwêskosîw: She Whistles

    1 2021 HD

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  • 1999
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    Anhedonia

    Anhedonia

    1 1999 HD

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  • 2012
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    Boi Oh Boi

    Boi Oh Boi

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Boi Oh Boi

    Boi Oh Boi

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2013
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    Sight

    Sight

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    Sight

    Sight

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2017
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    The Longform Lesbian Census

    The Longform Lesbian Census

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2022
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    Medicine and Magic

    Medicine and Magic

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2022
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    13 Eggs

    13 Eggs

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2020
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    Medicine Bundle

    Medicine Bundle

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2008
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    Madness in Four Actions

    Madness in Four Actions

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    Madness in Four Actions

    Madness in Four Actions

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    Madness in Four Actions

    Madness in Four Actions

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2004
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    Love & Numbers

    Love & Numbers

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    Love & Numbers

    Love & Numbers

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    Love & Numbers

    Love & Numbers

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    Love & Numbers

    Love & Numbers

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2021
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    Neurotransmitting

    Neurotransmitting

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2023
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    The Lost Art of the Future

    The Lost Art of the Future

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2019
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    Less Lethal Fetishes

    Less Lethal Fetishes

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2019
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    Woman Dress

    Woman Dress

    7 2019 HD

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  • 2019
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    Woman Dress

    Woman Dress

    7 2019 HD

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  • 2018
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    Extractions

    Extractions

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2010
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    Homelands

    Homelands

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2018
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    Reclamation

    Reclamation

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2013
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    Just Dandy

    Just Dandy

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2024
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    Dreams of Sunlight Through Trees

    Dreams of Sunlight Through Trees

    1 2024 HD

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