Indian Horse (film)

Indian Horse
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStephen Campanelli
Written byDennis Foon
Based onIndian Horse
by Richard Wagamese
Produced byClint Eastwood (exec)
Paula Devonshire
Trish Dolman
Christine Haebler
StarringSladen Peltier
Forrest Goodluck
Ajuawak Kapashesit
Edna Manitowabi
Michael Murphy
Michiel Huisman
CinematographyYves Bélanger
Edited byJamie Alain
Geoff Ashenhurst
Justin Li
Music byJesse Zubot
Production
companies
Devonshire Productions
Screen Siren Pictures
Distributed by
Release date
  • September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15) (TIFF)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Ojibwe
Budget$8 million
Box office$2 million[1]

Indian Horse is a 2017 Canadian drama film adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name by author Richard Wagamese (Ojibwe). Directed by Stephen S. Campanelli and written by Dennis Foon, it premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and received a general theatrical release in 2018.[2]

The film centres on Saul Indian Horse, a young Canadian First Nations boy who survives Canada's Indian residential school system to become a star ice hockey player.[3][4][5] The film stars Sladen Peltier as Saul at age 6, Forrest Goodluck as Saul at age 15, and Ajuawak Kapashesit as Saul at age 22; along with supporting roles by Edna Manitowabi, Evan Adams, Michiel Huisman, Michael Murphy, and Martin Donovan.[2]

  1. ^ "Indian Horse (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  2. ^ a b Takeuchi, Craig (August 23, 2017). "Film adaptation of Richard Wagamese's novel 'Indian Horse' to screen at TIFF 2017". The Georgia Straight. Vancouver Free Press. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Peebles, Frank (February 2, 2017). "Indian Horse head to screen with local talent". Prince George Citizen. Glacier Media. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "About the Film". Indian Horse. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. ^ De Vore, Alex (February 19, 2019). "'Indian Horse' Review". Santa Fe Reporter. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.