Run Woman Run (film)

Run Woman Run
Directed byZoe Leigh Hopkins
Written byZoe Leigh Hopkins
Produced byP. J. Thornton
Laura Milliken
Paula Devonshire
StarringDakota Ray Hebert
Asivak Koostachin
CinematographyJustin Black
Edited byOrlee Buium
Music byAnthony William Wallace
Production
company
Running Home Productions Inc
Distributed bylevelFilm
Release date
  • April 1, 2021 (2021-04-01) (SBIFF)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Run Woman Run is a 2021 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Zoe Leigh Hopkins.[1] It stars Dakota Ray Hebert as Beck, a single mother whose life has fallen apart; when she is diagnosed with diabetes, however, she decides to pull her life back together by training to run a marathon, during which she begins to see the ghost of Tom Longboat (Asivak Koostachin) coaching and guiding her.[2]

The cast also includes Lorne Cardinal, Braeden Clarke, Gary Farmer, Kevin Hill, Jayli Wolf, Damon Laforme, Craig Lauzon, Cody Lightning, Denise McQueen, Derek Miller, Sladen Peltier and Alex Rice.

The film premiered in April 2021 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.[3] It was released theatrically in Canada by levelFILM on March 25, 2022.