Indigenous Cinema Series In Missoula Features 'Indian Horse' Film

DawnlandNews

Nov 5

“Canada’s most popular film this year will be shown in Montana as part of an Indigenous Cinema Series in Missoula.

The film called "Indian Horse" is based on a novel written by Ojibway author Richard Wagamese. It tells the story of an Ojibway boy in Ontario, Canada torn from his family and placed in a notorious Canadian Catholic residential school.

The movie follows Saul Indian Horse throughout three decades of his life starting in the 1950s. After he’s separated from his family, Saul finds hockey and uses it to rise above his circumstances.

Producer Paula Devonshire says this film was made to shed light on a suppressed history in North America of native children being removed from their homes and placed in boarding schools.”

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