Fall Movie Series: Nika & Madison

If you’re missing movies, we’re teamed up with the Lester Centre this fall to bring a series of independent (and awesome) films to the community. These are films selected from the Toronto International Film Festival, who offer a catalogue to communities across Canada. We’ll have three more coming up for October, November and December, with more details on those soon – so keep an eye out! Tickets are $13 for members and $15 for non-members.

But first, see below for a sneak peak of our first offering –>

Nika & Madison is a drama about two Indigenous friends, Nika and Madison, who go on the run after a violent encounter with a police officer leaves him injured. Fearing prejudice and disbelief from the justice system, the childhood friends are forced to flee, forging a strong bond of friendship and sisterhood amidst their flight through the Canadian wilderness. The film explores themes of Indigenous resilience, the unbreakable bonds of friendship, and systemic biases against Indigenous people in the Canadian legal system, and is a feature-length adaptation of director Eva Thomas’s award-winning short film Redlights.