Taika Waititi is finding as much success wearing the producer’s hat as he does wearing his actor or director ones. After much success producing TV shows such as Wellington Paranormal, What We Do In The Shadows, and the critically acclaimed Reservation Dogs, the Thor: Ragnarok director is now lending his name to Canadian-Cree/Métis filmmaker Danis Goulet’s first feature Night Raiders.
The sci-fi drama takes place in a world where children are property of the government after a global war has destroyed the country. Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers plays a young mother who will do anything to get her child back who was taken from her. Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Gail Maurice, Amanda Plummer, Alex Tarrant, Violet Nelson, Shaun Sipos, and Suzanne Cyr also star.
Night Raiders premiered at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival. Goulet receives the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival’s Emerging Talent Award.
The official synopsis is as follows:
The year is 2043. A military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are property of the State. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children’s academy and get her daughter back. Night Raiders is a female-driven dystopian drama about resilience, courage and love
Night Raiders will be in theaters, digital and On Demand Nov. 12. Watch the official trailer below.
