The Grizzlies
(Canada, 104
min.)
Dir.
Miranda de Pencier; Writ. Moria Walley-Beckett, Graham Yosy
Starring: Ben Schnetzer, Paul Nutarariaq, Emerald MacDonald, Anna Lambe, Fred Bailey,
Tantoo Cardinal, Booboo Stewart, Will Sasso
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Photo by Shane Mahood Mongrel Media |
The fearless and inspiring The Grizzlies gives Canadian film the great sports drama that has
long eluded it. As The Grizzlies gives its excellent young cast a chance to shine, roar, and spotlight their community, the film provides a significant call to action for the suicide crisis up North and an effective portrait of the complexity
of north/south and Indigenous/settler relationships. The film begins with a heartbreaking
image of an Inuit youth walking on the tundra, alone save for his faithful dog,
as he takes his life. The image returns more than once in The Grizzlies as the film introduces audiences to a community in
which literally everyone has lost a friend or family member to suicide.