Screening: NI-NAADAMAADIZ: RED POWER RISING with Special Guests!

Join Cinema Politica for the Montreal premiere of NI-NAADAMAADIZ: RED POWER RISING! Labelled a terrorist by the Canadian state, leader of the Ojibway Warrior Society Louie Cameron is the focus of this stirring historical film, which builds a captivating story from a mere eight minutes of archival footage of the 1974 occupation he led in Kenora.

The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with journalist and writer Tanya Talaga, moderated by Dr. Sigwan Thivierge, Assistant Professor in First Peoples Studies at Concordia University.

ABOUT THE FILM
NI-NAADAMAADIZ: RED POWER RISING
Shane Belcourt / Canada / 2025 / 90’ / Anishinaabemowin, English, English subs

In 1974, a group of young Anishinaabe activists took over Anicinabe Park in Kenora, Ontario, demanding justice, land rights, and an end to systemic racism in Canada. Their 39-day occupation — led by Louie Cameron and the Ojibway Warriors Society — would become one of the most defining and misunderstood moments of the Red Power movement.

Director Shane Belcourt revisits this pivotal event through rare archival footage, personal letters, and newly recorded interviews that connect past struggles to present-day Indigenous resistance. At the film’s emotional core is Tyler Cameron, who retraces his father Louie’s legacy, confronting both the pride and pain of a movement that sought dignity in the face of erasure.

Blending history, memory, and lived experience, NI-NAADAMAADIZ: RED POWER RISING is both intimate and political and reclaims a forgotten chapter of Canadian history and reminds audiences that the spirit of resistance still echoes through generations.

EVENT DETAILS
Admission by donation ($5–10 suggested, cash only).
The venue is wheelchair accessible.
Mask-wearing is recommended.