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The reflection of the women behind appears in a mirror at the rear.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"premiere_type\">NAC Co-production<\/div>\n<h5><strong><em>Produced by Production AUEN, and an NAC French Theatre &amp; NAC Indigenous Theatre coproduction in association with Centre du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre d&#8217;Aujourd&#8217;hui, with support from the Cole Foundation.<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><em>Pakuneu<\/em>\u00a0tells the story of a child born behind bars while her mother was serving time. Three paths lie before her: growing up in prison, being placed for adoption or being raised by her grandmother. Despite a common starting point, the journeys diverge.<\/p>\n<p>Multidisciplinary artist Soleil Launi\u00e8re draws on Innu cosmology to explore questions of stigma and the resilience of Indigenous ancestry, the pursuit of identity and intergenerational bonds. 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