The year is 2043. A military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in postwar North America and children are property of the State. Niska (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers), a desperate Cree woman, joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children’s academy and get her daughter back. Utilizing the sci-fi genre as an Indigenous storytelling portal, Goulet’s timely Night Raiders is a female-driven dystopian drama about resilience, courage, and love. Produced by Taika Waititi. 2021, Canada/New Zealand, DCP, in English and Cree with English subtitles, 101 min.
About the Filmmaker
Originally from Northern Saskatchewan in Canada, Danis Goulet (Cree-Métis) is a writer and director. Her films, Wakening (2013), and Barefoot (2012), have screened at festivals around the world, including Sundance, Berlin, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). She is a former director of the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, an alumna of the National Screen Institute and the TIFF Filmmakers lab, and a current member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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