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| Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: November 12, 2021 |
Starring:
Alex Tarrant, Amanda Plummer, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Gail Maurice, Pamela Matthews, Scott Barker, Shaun Sipos, Suzanne Cyr, Violet Nelson
Summary:
2043 - in a dystopian future a military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are considered property of the regime which trains them to fight. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children’s academy and get her daughter back.
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Oct 6, 2021
In drawing similes between the then and the now, Goulet juxtaposes history with prophecy. Using conventional science-fiction tropes—the collapse of society, a military state, dystopia, and unidentified flying orbs—she creates a sound case for entertainment to share the screen with stories that have meaning and social impact.
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Sep 10, 2021
With Night Raiders, Goulet can confidently claim to be today’s most effective practitioner of Indigenous sci-fi, a subgenre in which time-tested cinematic thrills – speculative fiction, violence, a heightened sense of style – act as Trojan Horses for themes that audiences might otherwise ignore. Everyone wins.
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Nov 12, 2021
Goulet’s sleek, lo-fi world-building — decrepit gray cityscapes; fields covered with smoke-spewing factories — is more compelling than her storytelling, which grows increasingly predictable as Niska and the vigilantes plan a raid on Waseese’s academy. Yet the film’s use of clichés can also be thrillingly subversive at times.
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Nov 12, 2021
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