# Why Gail Maurice cast her own mother in a film inspired by her life

An episode of [Q with Tom Power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256943801), 3 Jul 2026, 18 min.

Audio: https://mgln.ai/e/12/cbc.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_QPODCAST_P/media/qpodcast/qpodcast-fJoPFb3M-20260702.mp3

Gail Maurice wrote and directed her latest film, Blood Lines, with her hometown of Beauval, Saskatchewan, in mind. Some of the film's dialogue is spoken in Michif — a Métis language spoken fluently by fewer than 2,000 people — so Gail cast family and friends from her 700-person village, creating a deeply personal portrayal of her culture. She joins Tom Power in studio to discuss what it was like working in her language and casting her own mother to act alongside her.

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