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Blood Quantum
The term “blood quantum” refers to a colonial system enforced on Indigenous peoples in North America which determines their individual status and rights based on their “percentage” of Indigenous ancestry. It is a tool of control, assimilation and erasure of Indigenous peoples.
In this brilliantly provocative horror film set in an isolated Mi’kmaq community, the Indigenous population remains immune to a raging zombie virus infecting the surrounding white population.
Blood soaked, fast paced and darkly comic, Blood Quantum is a wild ride using the zombie genre as a vehicle to explore white supremacy, colonialism, genocide and Indigenous self-determination.
Director
Jeff Barnaby (Mi’qmaw)
Barnaby’s films paint an urgent and unflinching portrait of Indigenous life and culture. His shorts include the Genie Nominated File Under Miscellaneous, the Jutra nominee The Colony, and the Sundance selection From Cherry English. His features, Rhymes for Young Ghouls and Blood Quantum, both premiered at TIFF and won 13 awards collectively. Following his death from cancer in 2022, imagineNATIVE launched the Jeff Barnaby Grant for emerging Indigenous filmmakers, and he received a posthumous tribute award at the CSAs.
Writer
Jeff Barnaby (Mi’qmaw)
Cast
Forrest Goodluck (Diné/Mandan/Hidatsa/Tsimshian), Michael Greyeyes (Plains Cree), Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blackfoot/Sámi)
Producers
Robert Vroom, John Christou
Genres
Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Languages
English, Other Language
Language Versions
EN CC, EN Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
Elevation Pictures
