DULUTH — “Action!” resonated throughout the immediate block of West Superior Street in Duluth.

A crew of filmmakers stood ready with cameras and equipment in front of Jonathan Thunder's art gallery as they filmed a scene out of Thunder's upcoming short film, "Ish Meets a Mermaid."

"The film itself started out as a seed idea. And it has gotten bigger and bigger and bigger and is going much better than I could have imagined," Thunder said.

Thunder is a local artist and citizen of the Red Lake Nation.

The film will feature elements of Ojibwe stories and dark comedy. It follows a Native artist named Ish, played by Thunder, who finds success while on a journey in the afterlife after meeting a mysterious woman, Ziibi, who "comes from a realm beneath Lake Superior."

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