Reservation Dogs star Devery Jacobs and The Last of Us‘ Lamar Johnson are set to receive special awards at the Canadian Screen Awards.
On Thursday, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television said Jacobs would receive the Radius Award as the actress, writer, director and producer from the Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory uses her growing career platform to campaign for indigenous and LGBTQ2S+ rights. In addition to Reservation Dogs, Jacobs stars alongside Alaqua Cox in Marvel’s Echo. She also starred in and produced Backspot, a feature film set in the world of competitive cheerleading.
A Radius Award will also go to Johnson, an actor, director, dancer and artist who received an Emmy nomination for playing Henry Burrell on HBO’s The Last of Us series. Johnson earned a 2023 Canadian Screen Award for his co-starring role in Clement Virgo’s Brother and will also appear in Netflix’s upcoming Western drama The Abandons.
On Thursday, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television said Jacobs would receive the Radius Award as the actress, writer, director and producer from the Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory uses her growing career platform to campaign for indigenous and LGBTQ2S+ rights. In addition to Reservation Dogs, Jacobs stars alongside Alaqua Cox in Marvel’s Echo. She also starred in and produced Backspot, a feature film set in the world of competitive cheerleading.
A Radius Award will also go to Johnson, an actor, director, dancer and artist who received an Emmy nomination for playing Henry Burrell on HBO’s The Last of Us series. Johnson earned a 2023 Canadian Screen Award for his co-starring role in Clement Virgo’s Brother and will also appear in Netflix’s upcoming Western drama The Abandons.
- 4/4/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
June is National Indigenous History Month, and there’s no better time to enjoy some Indigenous-made entertainment.
Check out these recommendations of some of the top movies from a new generation of Indigenous filmmakers and actors who tell their own stories — their way.
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“Atanarjuat the Fast Runner”
Directed by by Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk, this 2001 drama was the first feature film in history to be written, directed and acted entirely in the Inuktitut language.
According to Kunuk, this screen adaptation of an ancient Inuit legend “demystifies the exotic, otherwordly aboriginal stereotype by telling a universal story.”
“Before Tomorrow”
Adapted from a Danish novel, this 2008 feature from directors Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu is the first feature film to be made by Arnait Video Productions, a women’s Inuit film collective.
Set in a small Inuit...
Check out these recommendations of some of the top movies from a new generation of Indigenous filmmakers and actors who tell their own stories — their way.
Read More: Et Canada Honours National Day Of Truth And Reconciliation With ‘Indigenous Artists & Icons’
“Atanarjuat the Fast Runner”
Directed by by Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk, this 2001 drama was the first feature film in history to be written, directed and acted entirely in the Inuktitut language.
According to Kunuk, this screen adaptation of an ancient Inuit legend “demystifies the exotic, otherwordly aboriginal stereotype by telling a universal story.”
“Before Tomorrow”
Adapted from a Danish novel, this 2008 feature from directors Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu is the first feature film to be made by Arnait Video Productions, a women’s Inuit film collective.
Set in a small Inuit...
- 6/2/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Universal Pictures will Release Blumhouse’s Five Nights At Freddy’S on Friday, October 27, 2023: "Can you survive five nights?
The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse— the producer of M3GAN, The Black Phone and The Invisible Man—joins forces with legendary game creator Scott Cawthon for Five Nights at Freddy’s.
The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.
Starring Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard, Elizabeth Lail, Kat Conner Sterling, Piper Rubio and Mary Stuart Masterson. Five Nights at Freddy’s is directed by Emma Tammi and is written by Scott Cawthon, Emma Tammi and Seth Cuddeback.
The film’s iconic animatronic characters will be created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.Five Nights...
The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse— the producer of M3GAN, The Black Phone and The Invisible Man—joins forces with legendary game creator Scott Cawthon for Five Nights at Freddy’s.
The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.
Starring Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard, Elizabeth Lail, Kat Conner Sterling, Piper Rubio and Mary Stuart Masterson. Five Nights at Freddy’s is directed by Emma Tammi and is written by Scott Cawthon, Emma Tammi and Seth Cuddeback.
The film’s iconic animatronic characters will be created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.Five Nights...
- 4/7/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Maple Syrup Massacre is a monthly series where Joe Lipsett dissects the themes, conventions and contributions of new and classic Canadian horror films. Spoilers follow…
Last year in October 2022, Indigenous filmmaker Jeff Barnaby passed away from cancer. Although he had only written and directed two feature films, Barnaby was a key figure in Canadian genre cinema, notably his advocacy for better and more varied forms of Indigenous representation in front of and behind the camera.
While 2019’s Blood Quantum is arguably Barnaby’s most popular film (I reviewed it for Bloody out of TIFF), his 2013 feature debut Rhymes for Young Ghouls remains an underseen gem. Both films are incredibly political and confrontational; while their genre elements help make them accessible for audiences, each film is a passionate defense of Indigenous rights and, more importantly, a call to arms against white (Canadian) settlers.
Rhymes for Young Ghouls is a period film,...
Last year in October 2022, Indigenous filmmaker Jeff Barnaby passed away from cancer. Although he had only written and directed two feature films, Barnaby was a key figure in Canadian genre cinema, notably his advocacy for better and more varied forms of Indigenous representation in front of and behind the camera.
While 2019’s Blood Quantum is arguably Barnaby’s most popular film (I reviewed it for Bloody out of TIFF), his 2013 feature debut Rhymes for Young Ghouls remains an underseen gem. Both films are incredibly political and confrontational; while their genre elements help make them accessible for audiences, each film is a passionate defense of Indigenous rights and, more importantly, a call to arms against white (Canadian) settlers.
Rhymes for Young Ghouls is a period film,...
- 1/10/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Click here to read the full article.
Netflix has given Anishinaabe filmmaker Jaime Wescoup 25,000 in film development financing to mark the U.S. video streamer passing the milestone of 1000 creators completing Netflix-supported film training programs in Canada.
“There’s no one telling these stories. And these stories need to be told,” Wescoup tells The Hollywood Reporter about his documentary in the works about two female First Nations reserve chiefs — chief Kyra Wilson of Long Plain First Nation and chief Angela Levasseur of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation.
Wescoup adds both women are role models and trailblazers in moving the yardstick of inclusion of young girls and women in First Nation communities in Canada. “This is something really special because it’s a story of strength and resilience. And both of these chiefs, as women, embody those traits,” he insists.
“Jaime has an important story to tell through the film he is...
Netflix has given Anishinaabe filmmaker Jaime Wescoup 25,000 in film development financing to mark the U.S. video streamer passing the milestone of 1000 creators completing Netflix-supported film training programs in Canada.
“There’s no one telling these stories. And these stories need to be told,” Wescoup tells The Hollywood Reporter about his documentary in the works about two female First Nations reserve chiefs — chief Kyra Wilson of Long Plain First Nation and chief Angela Levasseur of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation.
Wescoup adds both women are role models and trailblazers in moving the yardstick of inclusion of young girls and women in First Nation communities in Canada. “This is something really special because it’s a story of strength and resilience. And both of these chiefs, as women, embody those traits,” he insists.
“Jaime has an important story to tell through the film he is...
- 10/19/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Award-winning filmmaker and acclaimed visionary Jeff Barnaby passed away in Montreal on Oct. 13, following a year-long battle with cancer.
The 46-year-old, who was born and raised on the Mi’gmaq community of Listuguj, is widely celebrated as redefining Indigenous cinema with elements of magical realism, body horror and sci-fi.
According to a release announcing Barnaby’s passing, he is remembered as a passionate filmmaker who loved music and often created the soundtracks to his films on the fly with whatever instruments were required. He was uncompromising in his stance on Indigenous identity and storytelling, and was a valued member of the film community for his authenticity and honesty.
“In Mi’gmaq the word for ancestor and parent is the same thing, ungi’gul. Your language, your land, and your elders are time capsules as much as they are cultural touchstones,” Barnaby recently wrote, as per the release.
“As an Indigenous...
The 46-year-old, who was born and raised on the Mi’gmaq community of Listuguj, is widely celebrated as redefining Indigenous cinema with elements of magical realism, body horror and sci-fi.
According to a release announcing Barnaby’s passing, he is remembered as a passionate filmmaker who loved music and often created the soundtracks to his films on the fly with whatever instruments were required. He was uncompromising in his stance on Indigenous identity and storytelling, and was a valued member of the film community for his authenticity and honesty.
“In Mi’gmaq the word for ancestor and parent is the same thing, ungi’gul. Your language, your land, and your elders are time capsules as much as they are cultural touchstones,” Barnaby recently wrote, as per the release.
“As an Indigenous...
- 10/15/2022
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
Jeff Barnaby, a filmmaker and member of the Mi’kmaw tribe who brought Indigenous cinema to greater attention, has died at 46. He had a yearlong battle with cancer, his representative confirmed.
Raised on the Listuguj Reserve in Quebec, Barnaby is known for his early shorts, the Jutra Award-nominated The Colony and the Genie-nominated File Under Miscellaneous.
His 2013 debut feature, Rhymes for Young Ghouls, criticized Canada’s residential school system. Barnaby followed up with the 2019 zombie horror film Blood Quantum, which swept the Canadian Screen Awards, winning six out of its 10 nominations — the most of any film at the awards that year. It featured a mostly Indigenous cast.
Blood Quantum depicted a zombie outbreak on a fictional Mi’kmaq reserve. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019, but saw its theatrical release canceled by the pandemic. It was released for streaming in 2020.
On Twitter, Toronto International Film Festival CEO...
Raised on the Listuguj Reserve in Quebec, Barnaby is known for his early shorts, the Jutra Award-nominated The Colony and the Genie-nominated File Under Miscellaneous.
His 2013 debut feature, Rhymes for Young Ghouls, criticized Canada’s residential school system. Barnaby followed up with the 2019 zombie horror film Blood Quantum, which swept the Canadian Screen Awards, winning six out of its 10 nominations — the most of any film at the awards that year. It featured a mostly Indigenous cast.
Blood Quantum depicted a zombie outbreak on a fictional Mi’kmaq reserve. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019, but saw its theatrical release canceled by the pandemic. It was released for streaming in 2020.
On Twitter, Toronto International Film Festival CEO...
- 10/13/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Mi’kmaw filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, considered a visionary of modern Indigenous cinema, has died.
The director’s representatives say he died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 46.
Raised on the Listuguj Reserve in Quebec, Barnaby helmed many short films, including the Jutra Award-nominated “The Colony” and the Genie-nominated “File Under Miscellaneous”.
The writer-director who was based in Montreal gained acclaim for his 2013 debut feature “Rhymes for Young Ghouls”.
He followed that up with the 2019 zombie horror film “Blood Quantum”, which swept the Canadian Screen Awards.
Barnaby is survived by his wife, Sarah Del Seronde, and son, Miles.
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The director’s representatives say he died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 46.
Raised on the Listuguj Reserve in Quebec, Barnaby helmed many short films, including the Jutra Award-nominated “The Colony” and the Genie-nominated “File Under Miscellaneous”.
The writer-director who was based in Montreal gained acclaim for his 2013 debut feature “Rhymes for Young Ghouls”.
He followed that up with the 2019 zombie horror film “Blood Quantum”, which swept the Canadian Screen Awards.
Barnaby is survived by his wife, Sarah Del Seronde, and son, Miles.
View link » © The Canadian Press...
- 10/13/2022
- by Alex Gheciu
- ET Canada
Click here to read the full article.
Canadian Indigenous filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, best known for his Rhymes For Young Ghouls and Blood Quantum movies, has passed away. He was 46 years old.
Barnaby, who was raised on the Mi’gmaq community of Listuguj, died on Thursday in Montreal after a year-long battle with cancer, his family confirmed in a statement received by The Hollywood Reporter.
The filmmaker revolutionized Canadian indigenous filmmaking by using genre film tropes to discuss themes and issues impacting Canada’s embattled First Nation communities. That included injecting elements of magic realism, body horror and sci-fi into his Indigenous storylines.
After completing studies at Dawson College and later Concordia University’s cinema program in Montreal, Barnaby broke out in 2013 with his debut feature, Rhymes for Young Ghouls. The film offered an indictment of Canada’s controversial Residential School system wrapped in a revenge story set on the fictional Red Crow reserve.
Canadian Indigenous filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, best known for his Rhymes For Young Ghouls and Blood Quantum movies, has passed away. He was 46 years old.
Barnaby, who was raised on the Mi’gmaq community of Listuguj, died on Thursday in Montreal after a year-long battle with cancer, his family confirmed in a statement received by The Hollywood Reporter.
The filmmaker revolutionized Canadian indigenous filmmaking by using genre film tropes to discuss themes and issues impacting Canada’s embattled First Nation communities. That included injecting elements of magic realism, body horror and sci-fi into his Indigenous storylines.
After completing studies at Dawson College and later Concordia University’s cinema program in Montreal, Barnaby broke out in 2013 with his debut feature, Rhymes for Young Ghouls. The film offered an indictment of Canada’s controversial Residential School system wrapped in a revenge story set on the fictional Red Crow reserve.
- 10/13/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Back in 2020, Indigenous filmmaker Jeff Barnaby applied his fresh perspective to the zombie movie with Blood Quantum, one of the year’s very best horror movies. Today Bloody Disgusting is deeply sad to report the news that Barnaby has passed away at just 46 years old.
Prior to Blood Quantum, Barnaby directed several short films including From Cherry English and The Colony, and he directed his first feature in 2013 with Rhymes for Young Ghouls.
With Barnaby’s passing, we’ve lost a talented filmmaker whose career was only just beginning. More importantly, a filmmaker whose voice and perspective are truly irreplaceable.
An official statement sent to press this afternoon reports, “Acclaimed filmmaker Jeff Barnaby passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. Jeff was born and raised on the Mi’gmaq community of Listuguj. He spent his adult life living in Montreal, Quebec and is survived by his wife Sarah Del Seronde and son Miles.
Prior to Blood Quantum, Barnaby directed several short films including From Cherry English and The Colony, and he directed his first feature in 2013 with Rhymes for Young Ghouls.
With Barnaby’s passing, we’ve lost a talented filmmaker whose career was only just beginning. More importantly, a filmmaker whose voice and perspective are truly irreplaceable.
An official statement sent to press this afternoon reports, “Acclaimed filmmaker Jeff Barnaby passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. Jeff was born and raised on the Mi’gmaq community of Listuguj. He spent his adult life living in Montreal, Quebec and is survived by his wife Sarah Del Seronde and son Miles.
- 10/13/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Genre storyteller inspired by David Cronenberg’s Rabid and Quebecois classic Léolo.
Jeff Barnaby, the Indigenous genre filmmaker whose most recent film Blood Quantum won seven Canadian Screen Awards, has died following a year-long battle with cancer. He was 46.
Barnaby was born and raised on the Mi’gmaq community of Listuguj and spent his adult life living in Montreal, Quebec. Inspired by David Cronenberg’s Rabid and other films he watched in his youth such as Conan The Barbarian, Bladerunner, Predator, and the Quebecois classic Léolo, he went on to attend Dawson College and Concordia University’s cinema programme.
Barnaby...
Jeff Barnaby, the Indigenous genre filmmaker whose most recent film Blood Quantum won seven Canadian Screen Awards, has died following a year-long battle with cancer. He was 46.
Barnaby was born and raised on the Mi’gmaq community of Listuguj and spent his adult life living in Montreal, Quebec. Inspired by David Cronenberg’s Rabid and other films he watched in his youth such as Conan The Barbarian, Bladerunner, Predator, and the Quebecois classic Léolo, he went on to attend Dawson College and Concordia University’s cinema programme.
Barnaby...
- 10/13/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Dan Trachtenberg's "Prey" is not only the best-reviewed "Predator" film on Rotten Tomatoes, but in three days of its release gained more viewer hours than any Hulu television or movie to date. That's an incredible feat for a sci-fi thriller and proof that horror fans are craving more Indigenous-made films. Producer Jhane Myers, a member of the Comanche and Blackfeet Nations, anchors the film's setting, characters, and perspective to craft the first-ever fully Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Comanche language) dubbed film.
In "Prey," the young hunter Naru (Amber Midthunder) embarks on Kuhtaamia, a hero's rite of passage, when a Predator lands on Earth lands on Earth for the first time to hunt. Of course, a bloody battle of brawn and wits ensues. When asked about how she approached bringing a film set 300 years ago on Comanche land to life, Myers told Bloody Disgusting, "I was excited because it dealt with my culture.
In "Prey," the young hunter Naru (Amber Midthunder) embarks on Kuhtaamia, a hero's rite of passage, when a Predator lands on Earth lands on Earth for the first time to hunt. Of course, a bloody battle of brawn and wits ensues. When asked about how she approached bringing a film set 300 years ago on Comanche land to life, Myers told Bloody Disgusting, "I was excited because it dealt with my culture.
- 8/15/2022
- by Cass Clarke
- Slash Film
From slashers, to zombies, eco horror, and much, much more, MoMA's "Horror: Messaging the Monstrous" is a 10-week film series that includes 110 films, including a 3D screening of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead! Featuring horror from around the world and taking place from June 23rd through September 5th, we have all the details so you can start planning your visit! Full program details can also be found at: moma.org/horror
Press Release:
The Museum of Modern Art announces Horror: Messaging the Monstrous, a 10-week film series that includes over 110 features and a selection of short films that capture the horror genre’s uncanny ability to express the lurking fears of a society and the anxieties caused by social, cultural, and political change. Presented in the Museum’s Titus Theaters in the Black Family Film Center from June 23 through September 5, 2022, Horror: Messaging the Monstrous is organized weekly...
Press Release:
The Museum of Modern Art announces Horror: Messaging the Monstrous, a 10-week film series that includes over 110 features and a selection of short films that capture the horror genre’s uncanny ability to express the lurking fears of a society and the anxieties caused by social, cultural, and political change. Presented in the Museum’s Titus Theaters in the Black Family Film Center from June 23 through September 5, 2022, Horror: Messaging the Monstrous is organized weekly...
- 6/21/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
At the past two Toronto festivals, features from a new wave of Indigenous filmmakers — notably Jeff Barnaby’s “Blood Quantum,” Tracey Deer’s “Beans,” Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ “The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open” (co-directed with Kathleen Hepburn) —found acclaim and went on to connect with buyers and audiences beyond the borders of Canada.
Poised for similar traction, this year’s Toronto slate spotlights the past, present and future of Indigenous filmmaking across the festival’s public, industry and events programming. And just outside the festival frame, the Indigenous screen community is cued for non-stop action.
The Canadian government’s 2021 budget, unveiled in April, allocated $40.1 million over three years for the Indigenous Screen Office (Iso) to support screen-based content made by First Nations, Inuit and Métis creators — the largest investment in Indigenous screen sector since the launch of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (Aptn) in 1999. Founded in 2018, the Iso is...
Poised for similar traction, this year’s Toronto slate spotlights the past, present and future of Indigenous filmmaking across the festival’s public, industry and events programming. And just outside the festival frame, the Indigenous screen community is cued for non-stop action.
The Canadian government’s 2021 budget, unveiled in April, allocated $40.1 million over three years for the Indigenous Screen Office (Iso) to support screen-based content made by First Nations, Inuit and Métis creators — the largest investment in Indigenous screen sector since the launch of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (Aptn) in 1999. Founded in 2018, the Iso is...
- 9/9/2021
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: We have learned that actor and director Michael Greyeyes has inked a first look deal to develop film projects with Blumhouse.
Greyeyes stars in Blumhouse/Weed Road Pictures/Universal’s upcoming re-imagination of Stephen King’s Firestarter as Rainbird, a relentless powerful man who has been pushed into a violent life. Keith Thomas is directing the pic off Scott Teems’ script who will also EP.
Greyeyes received rave reviews from critics for his gripping portrayal of Makwa/Michael, in Wild Indian, the feature debut by writer/director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr, which premiered in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film will be released theatrically and on VOD in September. This Spring, he starred opposite Ed Helms and Jana Schmieding in the new Peacock comedy Rutherford Falls, co-created and executive produced by Helms, Mike Schur and Sierra Teller Ornelas. The series,...
Greyeyes stars in Blumhouse/Weed Road Pictures/Universal’s upcoming re-imagination of Stephen King’s Firestarter as Rainbird, a relentless powerful man who has been pushed into a violent life. Keith Thomas is directing the pic off Scott Teems’ script who will also EP.
Greyeyes received rave reviews from critics for his gripping portrayal of Makwa/Michael, in Wild Indian, the feature debut by writer/director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr, which premiered in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film will be released theatrically and on VOD in September. This Spring, he starred opposite Ed Helms and Jana Schmieding in the new Peacock comedy Rutherford Falls, co-created and executive produced by Helms, Mike Schur and Sierra Teller Ornelas. The series,...
- 8/26/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Julian Black-Antelope, Samuel Marty, Sera-Lys McArthur, Madison Walsh | Written by Rueben Martell, Gerald Wexler | Directed by Rueben Martell
Don’t Say Its Name begins in a familiar enough manner. Kharis (Sheena Kaine) walks home alone on a dark woodland road when something starts following her. Only this creature is metal, a heavy-duty pickup, its engine roaring as it charges at her. Her body will be found the next day, struck down, dragged and left to die. Not long after, a surveyor is attacked and killed in the woods. They won’t be the last to die.
Coal company Wec has closed a deal to strip mine tribal land. Kharis was an outspoken opponent of their plans and her death is believed to be their doing. Was the death of their surveyor retribution for hers? Or is something more primal turning the snow red? That’s what local sheriff Mary...
Don’t Say Its Name begins in a familiar enough manner. Kharis (Sheena Kaine) walks home alone on a dark woodland road when something starts following her. Only this creature is metal, a heavy-duty pickup, its engine roaring as it charges at her. Her body will be found the next day, struck down, dragged and left to die. Not long after, a surveyor is attacked and killed in the woods. They won’t be the last to die.
Coal company Wec has closed a deal to strip mine tribal land. Kharis was an outspoken opponent of their plans and her death is believed to be their doing. Was the death of their surveyor retribution for hers? Or is something more primal turning the snow red? That’s what local sheriff Mary...
- 8/19/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Academic at Canadian genre festival issues call for support.
A clarion call has rung out to support genre films by Indigenous peoples in North America and beyond and back filmmakers to tell their own stories on the big screen at an artist talk at the 25th edition of Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
In an eye-opening presentation entitled ‘Haunting The National Consciousness: The Rise Of Indigenous Horror’, assistant professor at the Portland State University department of Indigenous nations studies Kali Simmons, who is of Oglala Lakota descent, called for Indigenous filmmakers to be allowed to change centuries of prejudice,...
A clarion call has rung out to support genre films by Indigenous peoples in North America and beyond and back filmmakers to tell their own stories on the big screen at an artist talk at the 25th edition of Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
In an eye-opening presentation entitled ‘Haunting The National Consciousness: The Rise Of Indigenous Horror’, assistant professor at the Portland State University department of Indigenous nations studies Kali Simmons, who is of Oglala Lakota descent, called for Indigenous filmmakers to be allowed to change centuries of prejudice,...
- 8/16/2021
- by Stuart Kemp
- ScreenDaily
Event to run June 21 on virtual platform.
The Banff World Media Festival (Banff) will host its first International Indigenous Screen Industry Summit next month featuring panels on the future of broadcasting and global opportunities for content creators.
Hosted on the festival’s virtual platform, the Summit takes place on Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrating the heritage, cultures and achievements of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
The day-long programme was created under the guidance of a dedicated advisory board and includes a masterclass conversation with the stars and creative team on FX’s Reservation Dogs (pictured), the...
The Banff World Media Festival (Banff) will host its first International Indigenous Screen Industry Summit next month featuring panels on the future of broadcasting and global opportunities for content creators.
Hosted on the festival’s virtual platform, the Summit takes place on Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrating the heritage, cultures and achievements of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
The day-long programme was created under the guidance of a dedicated advisory board and includes a masterclass conversation with the stars and creative team on FX’s Reservation Dogs (pictured), the...
- 5/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“Schitt’s Creek” and “Blood Quantum” were the big winners in the television and film categories, respectively, at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards.
“Schitt’s Creek” led television honors with eight awards for it’s sixth and final season, including best comedy series; best direction, comedy for Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy; and the sixth win in a row for Catherine O’Hara as best lead actress in comedy. “Canada’s Drag Race” follows with five wins, including best reality/competition program or series.
Jeff Barnaby’s “Blood Quantum” topped film honors with seven Canadian Screen Awards, including Michael Greyeyes in the performance by an actor in a leading role category. Tracey Deer’s first feature “Beans” won best motion picture, while Deepa Mehta was awarded best achievement in direction for “Funny Boy.” Michelle Pfeiffer won actress in a leading role for “French Exit.”
Recently departed Canadian thespian Christopher Plummer was the recipient of best...
“Schitt’s Creek” led television honors with eight awards for it’s sixth and final season, including best comedy series; best direction, comedy for Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy; and the sixth win in a row for Catherine O’Hara as best lead actress in comedy. “Canada’s Drag Race” follows with five wins, including best reality/competition program or series.
Jeff Barnaby’s “Blood Quantum” topped film honors with seven Canadian Screen Awards, including Michael Greyeyes in the performance by an actor in a leading role category. Tracey Deer’s first feature “Beans” won best motion picture, while Deepa Mehta was awarded best achievement in direction for “Funny Boy.” Michelle Pfeiffer won actress in a leading role for “French Exit.”
Recently departed Canadian thespian Christopher Plummer was the recipient of best...
- 5/21/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
When Daily Dead announced that April was to be Indie Horror Month, I was psyched to finally have a chance to geek out about Blood Quantum. This is a fantastic movie that came out a couple of years back, but for whatever reason has sort of managed to stay out of the public eye. Which sucks, because this movie is fantastic, and we should all be watching it.
So I queued it up on Shudder and was astounded to see that this movie was dated 2020. Because the last year has been lost to an endless time vortex and I legit thought that this movie was at least two years old. But whatever! It’s still great and everyone still needs to see it, so here we are!
Written and directed by Jeff Barnaby, Blood Quantum tells the story of a zombie outbreak from the perspective of the members of the...
So I queued it up on Shudder and was astounded to see that this movie was dated 2020. Because the last year has been lost to an endless time vortex and I legit thought that this movie was at least two years old. But whatever! It’s still great and everyone still needs to see it, so here we are!
Written and directed by Jeff Barnaby, Blood Quantum tells the story of a zombie outbreak from the perspective of the members of the...
- 4/9/2021
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy earns nine nods including best film.
Jeff Barnaby’s zombie horror Blood Quantum leads the Canadian Screen Awards nominations with 10 nods, the organisation announced on Tuesday (March 30)
The genre title from Prospector Films missed out on a best picture nomination but is in contention for lead actor with Michael Greyeyes, who starred in Sundance breakout Wild Indian, and garnered nods for best effects, best screenplay for Barnaby, and Michel St-Martin’s cinematography, among others.
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy earned nine nods including best film alongside Tracey Deer’s Beans, Pascal Plante’s Nadia, Butterfly,...
Jeff Barnaby’s zombie horror Blood Quantum leads the Canadian Screen Awards nominations with 10 nods, the organisation announced on Tuesday (March 30)
The genre title from Prospector Films missed out on a best picture nomination but is in contention for lead actor with Michael Greyeyes, who starred in Sundance breakout Wild Indian, and garnered nods for best effects, best screenplay for Barnaby, and Michel St-Martin’s cinematography, among others.
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy earned nine nods including best film alongside Tracey Deer’s Beans, Pascal Plante’s Nadia, Butterfly,...
- 3/30/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced nominees for its 2021 Screen Awards today, with winners set to be crowned across a series of presentations May 17 – May 20.
Schitt’s Creek continued its fine awards form, picking up 21 nominations including Best Comedy Series, and Best Writing for Dan Levy, who also scored Best Lead Actor alongside his dad Eugene Levy. The show also had a double nom in the Best Lead Actress category for Annie Murphy and Catherine O’Hara. Behind-the-scenes doc Best Wishes, Warm Regards: A Schitt’s Creek Farewell landed a nom in the Best Biography or Arts Documentary category.
Elsewhere in series, Cardinal: Until The Night and Trickster both picked up 15 nominations each.
On the film side, Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum topped nominations with 10, while Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy had nine and Charles Officer’s Akilla’s Escape had eight.
You can see the full list of Canadian Screen Award nominations – across 141 film,...
Schitt’s Creek continued its fine awards form, picking up 21 nominations including Best Comedy Series, and Best Writing for Dan Levy, who also scored Best Lead Actor alongside his dad Eugene Levy. The show also had a double nom in the Best Lead Actress category for Annie Murphy and Catherine O’Hara. Behind-the-scenes doc Best Wishes, Warm Regards: A Schitt’s Creek Farewell landed a nom in the Best Biography or Arts Documentary category.
Elsewhere in series, Cardinal: Until The Night and Trickster both picked up 15 nominations each.
On the film side, Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum topped nominations with 10, while Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy had nine and Charles Officer’s Akilla’s Escape had eight.
You can see the full list of Canadian Screen Award nominations – across 141 film,...
- 3/30/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Michael Greyeyes has been cast as the character of Rainbird in Universal-Blumhouse-Weed Road Pictures’ adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling novel Firestarter.
In Firestarter, a young girl develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon.
Rainbird is a relentless powerful man who has been pushed into a violent life. The character was played by Oscar winner George C. Scott in the original 1984 movie.
Greyeyes recently received rave reviews from critics for his gripping portrayal of Makwa/Michael, in Wild Indian, the feature debut by writer/director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr, which premiered in competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. This Spring, he will star opposite Ed Helms in the new Peacock comedy Rutherford Falls, co-created and executive produced by Helms, Mike Schur and Sierra Teller Ornelas. The series is set...
In Firestarter, a young girl develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon.
Rainbird is a relentless powerful man who has been pushed into a violent life. The character was played by Oscar winner George C. Scott in the original 1984 movie.
Greyeyes recently received rave reviews from critics for his gripping portrayal of Makwa/Michael, in Wild Indian, the feature debut by writer/director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr, which premiered in competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. This Spring, he will star opposite Ed Helms in the new Peacock comedy Rutherford Falls, co-created and executive produced by Helms, Mike Schur and Sierra Teller Ornelas. The series is set...
- 2/10/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Ahead of its screening at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli's feature film debut, Violation, has been acquired by Shudder, with a streaming release slated for next year:
Press Release: New York, NY - Shudder, AMC Networks’ premiere streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has announced the acquisition of Violation, the debut feature written, produced and directed by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, which will be released exclusively on the streaming platform. The bold and unflinching thriller world premiered to critical and audience acclaim at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, where Sims-Fewer was a recipient of the TIFF Rising Star Award, and is also an official selection of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival where it will make its international premiere. Shudder has acquired all rights for the U.S., UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand to premiere on its service in those territories later next year.
Press Release: New York, NY - Shudder, AMC Networks’ premiere streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has announced the acquisition of Violation, the debut feature written, produced and directed by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, which will be released exclusively on the streaming platform. The bold and unflinching thriller world premiered to critical and audience acclaim at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, where Sims-Fewer was a recipient of the TIFF Rising Star Award, and is also an official selection of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival where it will make its international premiere. Shudder has acquired all rights for the U.S., UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand to premiere on its service in those territories later next year.
- 12/16/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Well, Boils and Ghouls, we’ve come once again to October. We’ve made it through seven months of plague, a populist uprising against police brutality, the continuing downward spiral of J. K. Rowling’s reputation, the deaths of Chadwick Boseman, Ruth Bader Ginsberg and well over 200,000 of our friends, families and neighbors, not to mention the increasingly rapid litany of escalating presidential scandals. And with an increasingly uncertain presidential election on the horizon, the question of a peaceful transition of power, the slow-motion train wreck of theatrical film distribution, the deadly future of the ongoing pandemic and whatever the Hell 2021
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31 Nights of Halloween: Jeff Barnaby’s ‘Blood Quantum’ (2020)...
- 10/8/2020
- by Brian Hadsell
- TVovermind.com
Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum is a very singular zombie film, set in a First Nations reserve in Canada called Red Crow. Structurally, Blood Quantum follows pretty much two days in the lives of several characters from the reserve, including the chief of police Traylor (Michael Greyeyes) and his relatives: his ex Joss (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers), his two sons from different mothers, Joseph (Forrest Goodluck) and the problematic Lysol (Kiowa Gordon), and his father Gisigu (Stonehorse Lone Goeman). The first part of the story has the characters discovering, in 1981, that there’s something extremely weird going on. Dead animals, like Gisigu's gutted fish or the dog Traylor had to shoot out of pity, are coming back to life. Humans are also affected and some of them are now...
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- 9/8/2020
- Screen Anarchy
In 2013, writer/director Jeff Barnaby emerged as a force to be reckoned with, an aboriginal artist with a unique, developed vision and fully primed to be the next big thing. And then the years passed.
While Barnaby kept working, his sophomore effort wasn't easy to get off the ground but persistence and determination led to the release of Blood Quantum (review) last year; a bloody, in-you-face zombie movie where the native people are immune to the zombie virus.
Leading up to the movie's home video release, we had the chance to speak with Barnaby about the long road to making his new film, the lack of aboriginal voices behind the camera, and what he's working on...
While Barnaby kept working, his sophomore effort wasn't easy to get off the ground but persistence and determination led to the release of Blood Quantum (review) last year; a bloody, in-you-face zombie movie where the native people are immune to the zombie virus.
Leading up to the movie's home video release, we had the chance to speak with Barnaby about the long road to making his new film, the lack of aboriginal voices behind the camera, and what he's working on...
- 9/4/2020
- QuietEarth.us
The fact that we’re experiencing such a major moment in social horror right now should come as no surprise. Of course, horror has always been invested in social status, and the experiences of the other. But presently, we’re getting to see a side of the genre that we haven’t seen as frequently before, a side led by traditionally marginalized people who now have the opportunity to explore their own personal relationship and experiences with horror. From Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story, the films of Jordan Peele, Misha Green’s Lovecraft Country, and Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum, horror has never felt more inclusive than ...
The fact that we’re experiencing such a major moment in social horror right now should come as no surprise. Of course, horror has always been invested in social status, and the experiences of the other. But presently, we’re getting to see a side of the genre that we haven’t seen as frequently before, a side led by traditionally marginalized people who now have the opportunity to explore their own personal relationship and experiences with horror. From Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story, the films of Jordan Peele, Misha Green’s Lovecraft Country, and Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum, horror has never felt more inclusive than ...
When was the last time you saw a unique approach to a zombie movie? Blood Quantum, written and directed by Rhymes for Young Ghouls‘ Jeff Barnaby, does something a little different. Instead of a typical zombie outbreak that infects everyone on the planet, this movie’s outbreak runs into a roadblock when it comes to an indigenous tribe […]
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- 8/24/2020
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
In her review, Sara Clements wrote that Blood Quantum is a "one-of-a-kind zombie horror flick," and following its release on Shudder back in April, the movie is coming to Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD, and VOD on September 1st:
Press Release: Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Blood Quantum from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Blood Quantum will be released on VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, 2020.
Blood Quantum is directed and written by Jeff Barnaby (Rhymes for Young Ghouls). The horror film stars Michael Greyeyes, Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Kiowa Gordon (Twilight franchise),and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open). Rlje Films will release Blood Quantum on DVD for $27.97 and on Blu-ray for $28.97.
In Blood Quantum, the indigenous people in the isolated reserve of Red Crow are immune to...
Press Release: Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Blood Quantum from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Blood Quantum will be released on VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, 2020.
Blood Quantum is directed and written by Jeff Barnaby (Rhymes for Young Ghouls). The horror film stars Michael Greyeyes, Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Kiowa Gordon (Twilight franchise),and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open). Rlje Films will release Blood Quantum on DVD for $27.97 and on Blu-ray for $28.97.
In Blood Quantum, the indigenous people in the isolated reserve of Red Crow are immune to...
- 8/4/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
After a surprise release on Shudder, Jeff Barnaby‘s zombie horror film Blood Quantum is getting a Blu-ray, DVD, VOD and Digital release on Tuesday, September 1st from Rlje Films. In Blood Quantum, “The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its indigenous inhabitants who are immune to the zombie […]...
- 8/4/2020
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Surprise Release – Now Streaming! “Inspired Splatter” praises The New York Times and “A credit to its genre… A uniquely powerful reminder of why zombie movies are great” says IndieWire AMC’s Shudder Surprise Drops Acclaimed Canadian Indigenous Zombie Thriller “Blood Quantum“ First Nations director Jeff Barnaby’s timely Tiff selection parallels our own global contagion crisis …
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- 5/4/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by Elevation Pictures. Director/writer: Jeff Barnaby. Cast: Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Forrest Goodluck, Kiowa Gordon and Olivia Scriven. Blood Quantum is a Canadian shot feature from a Canadian director, Jeff Barnaby (Rhymes with Ghouls). The film was shot in the province of Quebec, with help from Telefilm Canada. A film that focuses on Canadian Native issues, Blood Quantum has a unique tale to tell. Told partially with aid from Barnaby and Joe Barrucco's musical score, this feature also offers up a bit of gore, for horror fans. A chainsaw is always handy in a zombie apocalypse. As well, the story focuses on two brothers: Joseph (Forrest Goodluck) and Lysol (Kiowa Gordon), in relationship to their father. One turns into the bad son, while the other struggles to handle his growing family. As the credits roll, most horror fans will...
- 5/1/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Late last night Shudder surprise released Jeff Barnaby‘s zombie horror Blood Quantum on their platform in the Us, UK and Ireland. Along with the announcement came a batch of atmospheric and ultra-violent new imagery that’s jam-packed with undead goodness and plenty of blood. In Blood Quantum, the dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gmaq reserve […]...
- 4/28/2020
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Tagline: "When the Dead Rise Only the Immune Survive." Blood Quantum is a Canadian shot release. From director Jeff Barnaby (Rhymes with Ghouls), this title is moving to Shudder, today, in various territories. The film stars: Michael Greyeyes ("True Detective"), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Kiowa Gordon and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers. Showing in an unrated format, a Red Band Trailer was release for the film in February. Now, Blood Quantum is available in: Ireland, the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Strangely, this title is not showing on the Canadian version of Shudder. In the film, several Mi'gmaq Tribe members survive a pandemic, slightly worse than the Covid-19. Now, the undead roam the land as the local Mi'gmaq remain immune to infection. Horror fans, in the above territories, can view the film now! Shudder General Manager Craig Engler has talked about the film and its synchronicity. Engler says of the themes within...
- 4/28/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum is an unconventional yet accessible strain of zombie cinema. Instead of keying into 28 Days Later ferocity as patient zero outbreaks spread, Barnaby favors an exploration into one community’s slice-of-life future well after Earth turns apocalyptic. More akin to World War Z or The Walking Dead in terms of accentuating humanity’s ugliest responses to dystopian pandemonium, but not without righteous walker brutality. Characters notch a few “Zombie Kill Of The Week” entries that’d gain votes on over-the-topness alone, not to distract from the indigenous storytelling that makes historical use of Native American perspectives. A fresh take on a festering horror subgenre, albeit an overall formula that’s still familiar on fundamental zomboid terms.
It’s six months after zombies start appearing outside the isolated Mi’gMaq reserve of Red Crow. Traylor (Michael Greyeyes) continues his local law enforcement duties by protecting the living...
It’s six months after zombies start appearing outside the isolated Mi’gMaq reserve of Red Crow. Traylor (Michael Greyeyes) continues his local law enforcement duties by protecting the living...
- 4/28/2020
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
When people picture native storytellers, some might, says film director Jeff Barnaby, conjure a group sitting around a campfire, speaking majestically among deers and raccoons. But where he grew up, on the Mi'qmaq reserve in Listuguj, Quebec, the tales were more akin to "Irish bar stories" — they brandished a rich history and were locally sourced, about people he knew. "When I saw that contrasted against what was going on in Hollywood films, I became aware of how different the presentation was of native people in films versus what I experienced in real life," the First ...
- 4/28/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When people picture native storytellers, some might, says film director Jeff Barnaby, conjure a group sitting around a campfire, speaking majestically among deers and raccoons. But where he grew up, on the Mi'qmaq reserve in Listuguj, Quebec, the tales were more akin to "Irish bar stories" — they brandished a rich history and were locally sourced, about people he knew. "When I saw that contrasted against what was going on in Hollywood films, I became aware of how different the presentation was of native people in films versus what I experienced in real life," the First ...
- 4/28/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Hey. You know what horror fans in the U.S. UK and Ireland can do right now, over on Shudder? Right now? They can go watch Jeff Barnaby's highly acclaimed Indigenous Canadian zombie thriller, Blood Quantum, on the AMC streaming service. Right now in the Us, UK & Ireland. The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are immune to the zombie plague. Traylor (Greyeyes), the tribal sheriff, must protect his son’s pregnant girlfriend, apocalyptic refugees, and reserve riffraff from the hordes of walking white corpses. Originally slated for theatrical release here in Canada and in the States, those plans took at back seat as the health crisis became a global...
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- 4/28/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Presented in lush and vivid animation is the image of a pregnant Indigenous woman tied to the earth. Her fetus growing in its waters, with bright green vein-like strands connecting them. There’s animation, Indigenous imagery, like this a few times throughout Jeff Barnaby’s second feature film, but the distant lights of a town is a reminder of sacred land lost.
Blood Quantum is a Canadian feature set in and around the isolated Mi’gmaq reserve of Red Crow in 1981. The title refers to, as the press notes state, the colonial policy of “determining indigeneity based on the percentage of your indigenous heritage.” If you have anything less than 50% of Indigenous blood quantum, you cannot call yourself Indigenous. It’s a law of cultural extermination, risking assimilation, that has yet to be itself killed. But in Barnaby’s film, Indigenous blood is power and provides immunity to the film’s zombie plague.
Blood Quantum is a Canadian feature set in and around the isolated Mi’gmaq reserve of Red Crow in 1981. The title refers to, as the press notes state, the colonial policy of “determining indigeneity based on the percentage of your indigenous heritage.” If you have anything less than 50% of Indigenous blood quantum, you cannot call yourself Indigenous. It’s a law of cultural extermination, risking assimilation, that has yet to be itself killed. But in Barnaby’s film, Indigenous blood is power and provides immunity to the film’s zombie plague.
- 4/28/2020
- by Sara Clements
- DailyDead
As George Romero first discovered — and hordes of other filmmakers have since refined — zombies are a fun and effective vehicle for addressing the most intractable anxieties of the modern world; even bone-deep social ills have a funny way of seeming more digestible when explored through a story about people rabidly eating each other’s entrails. , Jeff Barnaby’s “Blood Quantum” may bite off more human flesh than it can chew, but this hopeful modern howl against the indignities suffered by Canada’s indigenous population (the Mi’gMaq in particular) is still a credit to its genre. It may not be a great zombie movie, but it’s a uniquely powerful reminder of why zombie movies are great.
“Blood Quantum,” a term referring to the genocidal American practice of determining indigeneity by measuring the percentage of a person’s native heritage, sets the stage with what might be the single gnarliest...
“Blood Quantum,” a term referring to the genocidal American practice of determining indigeneity by measuring the percentage of a person’s native heritage, sets the stage with what might be the single gnarliest...
- 4/28/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
When it comes to zombie entertainment, I'm as jaded as they come. I gave up on the TV offerings long ago and for the most part, the movies feel like rehashes of the same old ideas and while occasionally there's an interesting take on the material, it's been a long time since something truly unique came out of the genre. Enter Blood Quantum (review).
From the get-go, it was clear that writer/director Jeff Barnaby's approach to the zombie movie would be different. And that it is. The story unfolds in the early 80s, on a fictional reserve called Red Crow and follows a group of Indigenous folks protecting themselves from the zombie herds that are roaming the nearby town...
From the get-go, it was clear that writer/director Jeff Barnaby's approach to the zombie movie would be different. And that it is. The story unfolds in the early 80s, on a fictional reserve called Red Crow and follows a group of Indigenous folks protecting themselves from the zombie herds that are roaming the nearby town...
- 3/10/2020
- QuietEarth.us
"Ain't nobody immune here but us!" Shudder has released an official red band trailer for a Canadian indie horror film titled Blood Quantum, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year. It also stopped by the Busan, Sitges, and Brooklyn Horror Film Festivals. Blood Quantum is the second feature film from director Jeff Barnaby (Rhymes for Young Ghouls), a Mi'gmaq native making films about and starring First Nation tribes in Canada. The dead are coming back to life near the Mi'gmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague. The local tribal sheriff rallies to fight off hordes of walking white corpses. The film stars Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, Forrest Goodluck, Kiowa Gordon, Olivia Scriven, and Brandon Oakes. Beware the hungry undead. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Jeff Barnaby's Blood Quantum, direct from Shudder's YouTube: The dead are coming...
- 3/9/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One of this year’s must-see horror films is Jeff Barnaby‘s zombie thriller Blood Quantum, which is releasing in Canada later this month before Shudder infects audiences later this spring. In Blood Quantum, the dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its indigenous inhabitants who are immune to the […]...
- 3/2/2020
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Blood Quantum is a horror title from Prospector Films. Shot in Canada, this is the latest film from Rhymes for Young Ghouls' director Jeff Barnaby. To release in late March, this film already had its World Premiere, in 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival. Now, a Red Band trailer is available, ahead of the film's Spring release. As well, Blood Quantum stars: Michael Greyeyes ("Fear The Walking Dead"), Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (On the Farm) and Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant). The Red Band trailer is below. The latest clip shows members of the Mi'gmaq Native tribe and their dealings with the infected. Hordes of monsters roam the land, while characters seek to find some sense of normalcy. Hospitals are overrun. And, survivors take refuge behind walled fortifications. Events come to a head, near the end of the trailer. Blood Quantum will be available in Canada, first. On March 27th, this infectious title will show in several theatres,...
- 2/28/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
As far as timely and poignant horror films go, nothing could be more timely here in Canada than Jeff Barnaby's First Nations zombie flick, Blood Quantum. In North America we continiously try to take advantage of Indigenous Peoples' rights and here in Canada our shame is how our goverment is dealing with the Wet'suwet'en people in Western Canada as they try to force a pipeline through Wet'suwet'en traditional territories. Solidarity protests have since sprung up across the country halting rail and commuter traffic. So yeah, the fight of the Wet'suwet'en people is on everyones minds these days. Back to Barnaby's film. It debuted at Midnight Madness here in Toronto last September, enjoyed a quick run on the festival circuit including Busan, Sitges and...
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- 2/28/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Learn and be entertained at the same time with new spring courses offered by the fine folks at the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies. Continue reading for more details. Also in today's Horror Highlights: Crimes in History: H.H. Holmes Murder Castle board game Kickstarter details, The Wave Blu-ray and DVD, No Hope in the Woods' Indiegogo details, and Haunted in the Heartland's premiere on Travel Channel.
Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies Spring Semester Announced: "The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies celebrates its 10th anniversary of offering classes in horror history, theory, and production this spring, with an electrifying slate of illustrated lectures by some of the genre’s most renowned scholars, filmmakers, and luminaries. We are proud to announce the Spring 2020 lineup for our New York branch.
First up on February 13 is scholar Kate Robertson with Man-eater: Cannibal Women In Film, which explores how these films capture ever-present...
Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies Spring Semester Announced: "The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies celebrates its 10th anniversary of offering classes in horror history, theory, and production this spring, with an electrifying slate of illustrated lectures by some of the genre’s most renowned scholars, filmmakers, and luminaries. We are proud to announce the Spring 2020 lineup for our New York branch.
First up on February 13 is scholar Kate Robertson with Man-eater: Cannibal Women In Film, which explores how these films capture ever-present...
- 1/22/2020
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Blood Quantum is the latest film from Rhymes for Young Ghouls' director Jeff Barnaby. His latest is a zombie thriller. And, the film's title is taken from the process of determining indigeneity, which looks at the percentage of Indigenous ancestry, from the blood. This title had its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, earlier this year. Now, the film is getting set to debut on the Shudder platform later this year. Blood Quantum stars: Michael Greyeyes ("Fear of the Walking Dead"), Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Bloodland) and Forrest Goodluck. Several clips and a trailer have been released for the film throughout the year; one of those clips can be found below. Director Barnaby has gone into more depth on the film's politics. On MSN, he has looked at the contentious relationship between multiple colonizers of the Canadian territory and the inclusion of Mi'gmaq nation in Canada's past and present: "I...
- 12/30/2019
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
In the summer of 1990, filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin worked as a combat journalist on the Kanehsatake reserve, where the proposed construction of a golf course on disputed land—a Mohawk ancestral burial ground—culminated in a 78-day armed standoff known as the Oka Crisis, or Mohawk Resistance, wherein Mohawk protestors resisted the encroaching forces of the Canadian army and Quebec's local police. Present for the entirety of the event, Obomsawin states that she did not want to leave, despite the concerns of the National Film Board of Canada, "because I was going to tell the story 'til the end." The footage—including some smuggled tapes—gave way to her masterpiece, the 1993 documentary Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, which is available for free on the Nfb website, along with a large majority of her expansive filmography. (Marc Glassman of Pov Magazine notes that "much of the most meaningful footage is in Kanehsatake while...
- 11/15/2019
- MUBI
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