Joy and peace can be a hard thing to find and even harder to continuously cultivate, but with community support we rise together.  The dual protagonist journey of Raven and Holy Old Man Bull (affectionately known as Uncle) follows how each came into themselves as transgender Indigenous people, and how doing so fostered their relationship to one another, and a movement of trans masculine visibility in the larger continent-wide Two Spirit/Indigiqueer community. 

The film is a mosaic weaving together the lives and reflections of Raven and Uncle, and all that surrounds them: land, water, and community.  Still photos of community come alive as they are projected onto Raven, morphing into the 2000’s animated Native films that influenced them as a child.  We bounce between both protagonists and their experience of growing up and the glimpses of themselves they saw in the world through the media they had access to.  Everyday life and the difficulties brought by transphobia and racism are made visceral by what each had to do to get to where they are.  Their histories, travels, and self-actualization slam into realizations of mortality.  As Raven ushers in a new layer of responsibility and adulthood, the little things begin to matter more than ever.  Raven and Uncle spend time together and apart reflecting on the work that has been done, and the work that is on the horizon.  Uncle is able to witness the fruits of a lifetime of labor for future generations coming to life in the present, further actualized by Raven carrying the work forward.  We get to enjoy Raven and Uncle getting together for one last time, at the same Two Spirit gathering where these two first met, as the lands, waters, and communities envelope them with love and calm.