Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up

nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
Film poster
Directed byTasha Hubbard
Written byTasha Hubbard
Produced byTasha Hubbard
George Hupka
Jon Montes
Narrated byTasha Hubbard
CinematographyGeorge Hupka
Edited byHans Olson
Music byJason Burnstick
Production
companies
Downstream Documentary Productions
National Film Board of Canada
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25) (Hot Docs)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Cree

nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Tasha Hubbard and released in 2019. The film centres on the 2016 killing of Colten Boushie, and depicts his family's struggle to attain justice after the controversial acquittal of Boushie's killer. The film premiered in April 2019 as the opening film of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the first time the festival had ever selected an Indigenous-themed film as its opening gala. The film received universally positive reviews from critics.

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