NIGHT RAIDERS
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.
This screening includes a recorded introduction by director Danis Goulet.
Before the feature, please enjoy the short film YULÍ.
NIGHT RAIDERS
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. Feature film debut by director Danis Goulet, winner of the Emerging Talent Award at TIFF 2021, and co-produced by Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit).
"Night Raiders is science fiction in the same way that Peter Watkins’s Punishment Park and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale are science fiction, which is to say that if one is completely unaware of the world outside one’s window, one might be able to fool oneself into believing these are works of preposterous speculation. But if you follow the news, you know there’s nothing here that isn’t queasily possible." - Norman Wilner, NOW Magazine
- Runtime97 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Cree
- CountryCanada, New Zealand
- DirectorDanis Goulet
- CastElle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Amanda Plummer
NIGHT RAIDERS
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.
This screening includes a recorded introduction by director Danis Goulet.
Before the feature, please enjoy the short film YULÍ.
NIGHT RAIDERS
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. Feature film debut by director Danis Goulet, winner of the Emerging Talent Award at TIFF 2021, and co-produced by Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit).
"Night Raiders is science fiction in the same way that Peter Watkins’s Punishment Park and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale are science fiction, which is to say that if one is completely unaware of the world outside one’s window, one might be able to fool oneself into believing these are works of preposterous speculation. But if you follow the news, you know there’s nothing here that isn’t queasily possible." - Norman Wilner, NOW Magazine
- Runtime97 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Cree
- CountryCanada, New Zealand
- DirectorDanis Goulet
- CastElle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Amanda Plummer
