Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
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George Hupka
Jon Montes
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| Directed by | Tasha Hubbard |
| Written by | Tasha Hubbard |
| Produced by | Tasha Hubbard George Hupka Jon Montes |
| Narrated by | Tasha Hubbard |
| Cinematography | George Hupka |
| Edited by | Hans Olson |
| Music by | Jason Burnstick |
Production companies | Downstream Documentary Productions National Film Board of Canada |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Cree |
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Tasha Hubbard and released in 2019.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] The film received universally positive reviews from critics.[4]
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.[2] Narrated by Hubbard,[5] the film also includes a number of animated segments which contextualize the broader history of Indigenous peoples of Canada.[6]
Release
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.[3] It subsequently had its commercial premiere at the Roxy Theatre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on May 23, 2019,[7] before screening on a Canadian tour, including a week at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.[1]
Reception
The film received universally positive reviews from critics. As of October 2021[update], 100% of the seven reviews compiled on Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average rating of 8.6/10.[4] The film won the award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs,[8] the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Documentary at the 2019 DOXA Documentary Film Festival,[1] and the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film at the 2019 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.[9] In January 2020, it was named the winner of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Canadian Documentary.[10] The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[11]