SAINTS AND WARRIORS

 

SAINTS AND WARRIORS

Directed by Patrick Shannon | 97 min | Canada

A documentary featuring leaders of iconic Indigenous-Haida basketball team, the Skidegate Saints as they compete for two titles - defending their championship title at the 2024 All Native Basketball Tournament, and the political title battle for their lands and waters.

Filmed throughout the Haida basketball season, SAINTS AND WARRIORS tells an intimate and sweeping story of how basketball has become the heartbeat of contemporary culture on the remote Indigenous nation of Haida Gwaii.

FESTIVALS: hot DOCS, DOXA, Big Sky Documentary Festival, CineQuest

Preceded by the short film:

LIVING LANDSCAPES OF SG̱ANG GWAAY: Ḵ’ULJAAD

Directed by Gaëtan Lamarre | 13 min | Canada

Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site of SG̱ang Gwaay in Gwaii Haanas, Haida Gwaii following a massive storm where extensive damage exposed invaluable cultural

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