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Actors exchange Salish dialogue in Strongest at the End of the World.
The fire crackles under the vast starry sky, keeping Quemtshena and Xwistu warm on this chilled autumn night. The pair huddle around the blaze and discuss what to name their unborn child in front of their tule mat tipi. The tension between the two is as visible as their warm breath through the cold air, crackling with an intensity that pops like the fire-engulfed tinder.
Then the director yells cut.
About an hour and
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