Indian Horse

Adapted from Richard Wagamese’s award-winning novel, Indian Horse sheds light on the dark history of Canada’s residential schools and the resilience of Indigeno...us peoples. Seven-year-old Saul Indian Horse is separated from his family and placed in a residential school, where he is denied the freedom to speak his language or embrace his culture, and where he and fellow Indigenous students suffer harrowing abuse. When Saul discovers that he has a unique talent for hockey, his passion for the game allows him to glimpse a life beyond the horrors that confine him. As Saul’s star rises, he must draw on his own indomitable spirit and face the past #orangeshirtday https://youtu.be/02cyFlnvA4s

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Happy Earth Day, and happy National Canadian film day! We are very happy to say that Indian Horse, and many other great Canadian films, have been chosen to Screen today all over Canada, on so many different platforms! Rogers, Bell, Telus, Apple TV, and Cineplexstore, CraveTV, Amazon. Please help support Canadian and Film and check it out today or any day. Thank you so much and stay safe. #CANFILMDAY

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Indian Horse is now also available on iTunes in the USA! We had a long, successful run throughout the USA, and we can officially say Indian Horse is now available across North America on VOD, on DVD, and digital streaming. Please enjoy the film with your friends and family for the holiday season. https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/indian-horse/id1485333827 ... An adaptation of Richard Wagamese's award winning novel, this moving and important drama sheds light on the dark history of Canada’s Residential Schools and the indomitable spirit of Indigenous people.

"The schools weren’t just a tool for cultural genocide. They were also a way to separate native children from their land." Read more about the impacts of Indian boarding schools in the #US.

Join us in celebrating #IndigenousPeoplesDay!

"The Red Deer Industrial School was plagued by widespread disease, a defective sanitation system that led to further contamination and illness, underfunding, overcrowding and one of the highest mortality rates of any such school in Canada." Read more about what has been uncovered at this residential school: #Indigenous

#Wyoming fans, we are delighted to announce that #IndianHorse will be opening in Jackson Hole, Wyoming at Jackson Hole Cinema today, October 11. Check our website for showtimes for this inspiring movie: http://indianhorsemovie.com/see-the-film/

"In residential school, she was forbidden from speaking her language. When [Cecilia] Boyd came home, she couldn't understand what her parents and siblings were saying." Learn more about her story in honour of 2019, International Year of #Indigenous Languages.

The residential school system separated 150,000 #Indigenous children from their families and the last one closed in 1996. Was one of those schools in the community where you grew up? Use this interactive map to find out.

"Kill the Indian was supposed to be the figurative expression of neutralizing the Indian in the children and replacing that death with a human being more like themselves. Anyone can travel to any former Indian boarding school in America and see the graveyards containing the bodies of Indian children whose deaths were more than figurative." Read more about the linkages between historical trauma, PTSD and Indian boarding schools:

#Florida fans, we are delighted to announce that #IndianHorse will be opening in The Villages, Florida at The Villages Rialto Theatre October 4. Check our website for showtimes for this inspiring movie: http://indianhorsemovie.com/see-the-film/

"She was a kid. She didn't know that merely being born an indigenous child surrendered her to an education system designed to break down her identity." Learn the story behind Orange Shirt Day and about the little girl who turned a memory into a movement. #EveryChildMatters #OrangeShirtDay