Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising

Event Description

Event type: All Ages

For 38 days in 1974, a group of indigenous activists staged an occupation at Anicinabe Park near Kenora, Ontario. Though little known now, the Ojibway Warriors’ protest over the ongoing mistreatment of First Nations peoples helped spark a wider movement in Canada and the U.S. Together with co-writer Tanya Talaga – who first learned of the stand at Anicinabe Park while researching her book All My Relations -- director Shane Belcourt (TKARONTO, KCFF08) casts a new light on these extraordinary events and their wider effects and repercussions. In so doing, he draws a line between the circumstances that inspired the late Louis Cameron, the protest’s charismatic leader, with issues and problems that persist today. A galvanizing story of resistance and resilience, Belcourt’s documentary brings this chapter of history straight into the present.