The movie will be shown in La Ronge on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Kikinahk Friendship Centre. (Submitted image/Danis Goulet)

By Derek Cornet

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‘This is a big moment’: La Ronge filmmaker hosting special screening of feature-length movie

Nov 29, 2021 | 5:02 PM

Filmmaker Danis Goulet is bringing her first feature-length film Night Raiders to La Ronge for a special screening at the Kikinahk Friendship Centre this Friday.

“This is a big moment for me to bring it home and I can’t wait,” she said. “It feels amazing. When I set out to write this movie and make it, I was really making it for everybody at home first. I think oftentimes a lot of our communities aren’t really thought of as prime audiences for films, but I hope they like it and they enjoy it and embrace it because I really made it for them.”

Night Raiders already premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, as well as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September. At the TIFF Tribute Awards, Goulet was honoured with an Emerging Talent Award for using film as a powerful vehicle for Indigenous storytelling and social change.

In the last couple of months, Night Raiders was rolled out across Canada and was available for viewing in 80 theatres, along with some select locations in the United States. On Nov. 30, it will be available to Canadians to rent with on-demand platforms.

“There’s also a couple little Easter eggs for La Ronge audiences they are going to recognize in the movie,” Goulet said. “The band gave us permission to use the word Kitsaki as the main name for the camp in the movie. That’s one special thing about La Ronge and then there is a reference to a place called Bigstone as well in the movie. There is one shot in the movie that was shot with a drone right near La Ronge by my cousin Jim Searson.”

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Night Raiders, which is approximately 95 minutes long, is about a Cree mother and daughter on the run in 2043. The mother joins an underground band of vigilantes to try and rescue her daughter from a state-run institution. The movie follows two shorter films by Goulet including Wapawekka and Barefoot, both of which were shot in northern Saskatchewan.

The film was shot prior to the pandemic in Ontario, before moving into post-production with some work occurring in New Zealand. It features actors Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Alex Tarrant, Amanda Plummer and Violet Nelson.

The movie will be screened on Dec. 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Kikinahk Friendship Centre. It is a free event and limited to the first 150 people.

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derek.cornet@pattisonmedia.com

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