The Seventh Fire

Name: The Seventh Fire
Genre: Drama, Family, Documentary
Released: July 22, 2016
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 66

2016

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Film Movement | Release Date: July 22, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: When Rob Brown, a Native American gang leader on a remote Minnesota reservation, is sentenced to
prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved Ojibwe
community. As Rob reckons with his past, his seventeen-year-old protégé, Kevin, dreams of the future— becoming the most powerful andWhen Rob Brown, a Native American gang leader on a remote Minnesota reservation, is sentenced to
prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved Ojibwe
community. As Rob reckons with his past, his seventeen-year-old protégé, Kevin, dreams of the future—
becoming the most powerful and feared Native gangster on the reservation. [Film Movement]… Expand

Director: Jack Pettibone Riccobono

Genre(s): Drama, Family, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 76 min

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Matthew Anderson

Jul 13, 2016

Riccobono neither condemns nor sympathises, maintaining a commendable neutrality, as his subjects frank testimony paves the way to jail cells. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jul 21, 2016

The betrayal of Native Americans by larger forces looms over this powerful movie without ever being explicitly discussed. Read full review

Time Out London Tom Huddleston

Jul 21, 2016

An empathetic, often heartbreaking piece of work, at times tough to watch – one party scene is particularly grim and confrontational – at others calm and contemplative. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

Jul 13, 2016

The first couple of reels are very loosely structured, with no one identified onscreen, which gives the film a verite edge but which also means that it takes a good while for the material to find its footing and make it clear what and, more importantly, who, the film is exactly about. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Jul 25, 2016

The Seventh Fire is stirring for how it chips away at the relationship between hopelessness and helplessness. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

Jul 21, 2016

A gruelling watch and a searing indictment of America's disregard for its indigenous peoples. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Jul 17, 2016

The documentary renders poverty a mysterious entity instead of a curable malady of systemic exclusion. Read full review

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