Labriola Center Halloween Film: 'Night Raiders'
The Labriola National American Indian Data Center is celebrating the spirit of Halloween on Wednesday, Oct. 26 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. with pumpkin carving and a movie screening of "Night Raiders." The event will begin with pumpkin carving in collaboration with Makerspace and will then move into the film screening located in room 317, next to the Labriola Center.
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“Night Raiders” is a sci-fi apocalyptic film directed by Cree-Métis director Danis Goulet. "The year is 2043. A military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are property of the State. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children's academy and get her daughter back. "Night Raiders" is a female-driven dystopian drama about resilience, courage and love" (Rotten Tomatoes Review). The movie tells a familiar story about Indigenous children who are abducted and placed in state-run institutions to be brainwashed. Director Danis Goulet captures this shameful history of Canadian Residential Schools in "Night Raiders."
The cast includes Elle-Maija Tailfeathers (Kainai First Nation), Brooklyn Letexier-Hart (Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation), Gail Maurice (Métis), Violet Nelson (Kwakwakaʼwakw and Honduran) and Alex Tarrant (Māori-Niuean-Samoan).