The Grizzlies
Native Film Talk
English - January 10, 2021 06:57 - 1 hour - 62.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsFilm Reviews TV & Film TV Reviews nativeamerican tvshowreview film filmreview indians moviereview nativefilm nativemovies nativetv ndn Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Directed by Miranda De Pencier
This 2018 film is based on the actual Grizzlies from 2005. A community that had the highest suicide rate in North America, glommed onto the game of Lacrosse. Introduced to them by a non-Native outsider Russ Sheppard. He uses the game to distract the students from their reality but also to teach them about becoming a community and not just teammates. This movie is THE Native sports movie because there are nothing but Indigenous kids acting in roles where Indigenous kids should be acting.
This is a film documents a community's struggles with youth suicide as a result of Residential School, colonialism, substance abuse, and domestic violence. While this movie paints a bleak outlook it also details how a community found hope through their youth and reconnecting them with their culture. I love this film and thank you for listening!