Night Raiders

Theme: Ancestors

Theme: Distance

Monday 2 MAY | 7:00PM
ACMI

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Film Synopsis

Night Raiders is a dystopian science fiction film in which a Cree woman, Niska, joins an indigenous resistance movement to the military government in order to save her daughter. Executive produced by Taika Waiti.

After a destructive war across North America, a military occupation seizes control of society. One of their core tactics: taking children from their families and putting them into State Academies, or forced-education camps. Niska (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open) is a Cree mother desperate to protect her daughter Waseese (Brooklyn Letexier-Hart). But events force mother and daughter to separate, leading Niska to join a group of Cree vigilantes to get her daughter back. Developing themes of resilience, courage and love, Night Raiders is a thrilling, female-driven dystopian debut, and an exciting addition to an ever growing body of daring Indigenous genre films.