World Premiere
Set in the 1930s, Chief Cloud Striker is on a quest to find his son Elijah, who has been forcibly taken from home and placed in Saint Ignatius Indian Residential School.
Supported by
Community Partner
Kymo Van Oers, Jonathan Fraser-Monroe, Neil Charlesworth, Jennifer Lines
Canada
2022
English
Depictions of Racism, Colonial Violence
Indigenous & Community Access
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Credits
Executive Producer
Andrew Currie
Producer
Abubakar Khan, Kent Donguines
Screenwriter
A.W. Hopkins
Cinematography
Alfonso Chin
Editor
Kyle Sanborn
Art Director
Oscar Yeung
Director
A.W. Hopkins
A.W. Hopkins is Interior Salish and a member of N’Quatqua First Nation.’ His first feature film, Indian Road Trip, won Best BC Director at the 2020 Whistler Film Festival. He also won an Honorable Mention for Best Screenplay in the Borsos Film Competition. He has directed two short films, Shin Chi’s Canoe and FlyPaper. After winning the DGC BC Greenlight Awards competition, his new film, Cloud Striker is on its way to the festival circuit. In 2021, A.W. attended the Canadian Film Center Directors Lab. He holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree (MFA) in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia where he focused on writing for screen.
Filmography: Cloud Striker (2023); Flypaper (2022); Shin-chi’s Canoe (2019); Indian Road Trip (2020)
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