The Cinematheque

In Person: Brooklyn Letexier-Hart

“A thoughtful and invigorating sci-fi thriller quite unlike anything else this country has produced.”

Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail

Night Raiders, directed by nêhinaw âpihtawikosisân (Cree/​Métis) filmmaker Danis Goulet, takes place in 2043, a dystopian post-war future, and stars Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blackfoot/​Sámi) and Brooklyn Letexier-Hart (Cree/​Métis) as Cree mother and daughter Niska and Waseese. We follow their journey of living on the lam from a state-run institution that is all too familiar. Goulet’s feature debut is a sci-fi thriller that exposes the horrors of systematic oppression and genocide. ​“One of the most important Canadian films in recent memory … If this story echoes the real forced assimilation of Indigenous children that colonizing powers undertook in Canada, the US, Australia, and beyond, that’s no coincidence … With Night Raiders, Goulet transforms the ugly reality of residential schools into remarkable, cinematic world building” (TIFF 2021).

Post-screening Q&A with actor Brooklyn Letexier-Hart.

Best Director of a Canadian Film
Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2021