Due to the sensitive themes in this film, we are not offering Indian Horse in our COVID-19 Digital Lending Library, as it requires in-class support from educators. We would be delighted to loan you a copy once classes return to normal.
Due to the sensitive themes in this film, we are not offering Indian Horse in our COVID-19 Digital Lending Library, as it requires in-class support from educators. We would be delighted to loan you a copy once classes return to normal.
Adapted from Richard Wagamese’s award-winning novel, this moving drama sheds light on the dark history of Canada’s residential schools and the resilience of Indigenous peoples.
Seven-year-old Saul Indian Horse is separated from his family and placed in a residential school, where he is denied the freedom to speak his language or embrace his culture, and where he and fellow Indigenous students suffer harrowing abuse.
When Saul discovers that he has a unique talent for hockey, his passion for the game allows him to glimpse a life beyond the horrors that confine him. As Saul’s star rises, he must draw on his own indomitable spirit and face the past.
“The essence and importance of Wagamese’s book — both the brutality and the beauty — shines through, more vital than ever.” — Mark Medley,
The Globe and Mail
Director: Stephen Campanelli
Director and cinematographer Campanelli got his start as a camera operator, working on many of Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood’s features, including Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Gran Torino and others. His first directing credit was Momentum, followed by Indian Horse. Next, he will be directing the features Grand Isle and Hitman, Inc.
Stephen Campanelli
Dennis Foon
Sladen Peltier (Ojibway), Forrest Goodluck (Dine/Mandan/Hidatsa/ Tsimshian), Ajuawak Kapashesit (Ojibway/Cree)
2017
101 min
14A
English
English CC, French
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