Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising

Plot

Despite it lasting 90 days in 1974, there is only eight minutes of footage about an Indigenous youth-led armed occupation in Kenora, Ontario. The documentary Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising tells that story of Indigenous resilience and power.

About Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising

Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Shane Belcourt and released in 2025. 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.

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