Plot

In the late 90s, 8-year-old Ivy searches for her missing sister Heather in their Mohawk community. She and her mother Susan journey together, strengthening their bond amid hardship. A child's view of loss becomes a tale of hope and love.

Set in the late 90s, Rustic Oracle is a dramatic feature about Ivy, an 8-year-old girl trying to understand what happened to her big sister who has vanished from their small Mohawk community. With minimal clues, Ivy and her mother Susan embark on an unwelcome journey to find Heather which will ultimately bring the pair closer together despite challenging circumstances. Behind the story of desperation, told through the eyes of a child, lies one of hope, growth, awakening and love.—Nish Media

Indigenous living in a rural community on the Mohawk territory, working class Susan is a single mother having troubles making ends meet for herself and her two daughters, sixteen year old Heather and eight year old Ivy, half sisters in having different fathers neither any longer in the picture. While Heather and Ivy have a good sisterly relationship - Heather whose responsibility it is to walk Ivy to and from school - Heather is at a stage where she is rebelling against any authority issued by Susan, Heather staying out to all hours both during the day and night without a word to Susan concerning her whereabouts, either before or after when questioned. When Heather fails to show up after school to meet Ivy as usual, Susan initially believes it's Heather taking her rebellion one step further. But when none of Heather's friends claim to be with her, Susan reports her as missing to the police. As Susan believes the local police are doing little to nothing to locate Heather, Susan, using what singular lead she has, goes on a quest to Montréal and further to Val-d'Or, with Ivy in tow to try and find who she believes may have been behind Heather's disappearance. In the process, mother and daughter have to lean on each other for that emotional support in dealing with the situation, not always an easy thing in their different emotional needs.—Huggo