Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising

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Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising
Directed by Shane Belcourt
Screenplay by Tanya Talaga
Shane Belcourt
Produced byTanya Talaga
Stuart Coxe
Geoff Siskind
Jordan Huffman
Kirsten Scollie
StarringTyler Cameron
CinematographySean Stiller
Jon Elliott
Rodrigo Michelangeli
Edited byVitold Vidic
Music by Tom Wilson
Thompson Wilson
Production
company
Makwa Creative
Distributed byAntica Productions
Release date
  • September 10, 2025 (2025-09-10)(TIFF)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Anishinaabemowin

Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Shane Belcourt and released in 2025. [1] The film recounts the story of an activist group who occupied Anicinabe Park in Kenora, Ontario, for 38 days in 1974 to protest the legal and social state of First Nations in Canada, spawning a further wave of indigenous activism that included a protest on Parliament Hill and influencing the American Indian Movement in the United States. [2]

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Production and release

Journalist and writer Tanya Talaga was also involved in the film as a writer and producer. [3] The film is told largely through the eyes of Tyler Cameron, the son of protest leader Louie Cameron.

Music for the film was composed by Tom Wilson and his son Thompson Wilson, under the band name Tehohàhake. [4]

The film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. [5]

Critical response

Courtney Small of Point of View wrote that "Rightfully giving Cameron and the other protesters the praise they deserve, Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising is a moving celebration of the unbreakable nature of the Indigenous spirit. Belcourt’s film highlights why it is important to keep these stories, and those who lived to tell it, at the forefront of Canada’s history." [2]

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