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Podcast: Cinematic Underdogs
Episode: 33. Indian Horse (2018)
Description: If you have read any of the new stories about the mass unmarked graves unearthed recently in former Canadian Residential Schools, you will already be slightly familiar with the horrors depicted in Indian Horse - a harrowing tale of assimilation, abuse, and survival.Â
Far from the feel good hockey movie you may expect stumbling upon this film on Netflix, Indian Horse is a powerful revelation of past trauma and grief. It is not an easy watch, but certainly an important watch. Telling the tale of a precocious First Nations hockey virtuoso who finds solace on the ice o...