Wild Indian Movie Storyline. Makwa, a young Anishinaabe boy, has a rough life. He often appears at school with bruises he says he got falling down, but no one believes him. He and his only friend, Ted-O, like to escape by playing in the woods, until the day Makwa shockingly murders a schoolmate. After covering up the crime, the two boys go on to live very different lives. Now, as adult men, they must face the truth of what they have done and what they have become.
In his feature debut, writer/director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. (Shinaab and Shinaab, Part II, 2017 and 2019 Sundance Film Festivals) tells a story that spans centuries and the continent in a film destined to be a touchstone in Indigenous cinema. Leading an impressive cast, Michael Greyeyes delivers a gripping, enigmatic performance as a modern Native American man who has done terrible, unforgivable things. With a strong and compelling visual style that evokes both fascination and dread, Wild Indian considers the cost of survival in a world as cruel as our own.
Wild Indian is a 2021 American thriller film written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr. The film stars Michael Greyeyes and Chaske Spencer with Jesse Eisenberg and Kate Bosworth. The film was supported by the Sundance Institute through the Writers and Directors Labs. The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section on January 30, 2021, and was released in the United States on September 3, 2021 by Vertical Entertainment.
Wild Indian (2021)
Directed by: Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.
Starring: Michael Greyeyes, Chaske Spencer, Jesse Eisenberg, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Cromarty, Tres Garcia, Phoenix Wilson, Julian Gopal, Scott Haze, Joel Michaely, Jenna Leigh Green
Screenplay by: Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.
Production Design by: Jonathan Guggenheim
Cinematography by: Eli Born
Film Editing by: Ed Yonaitis, Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.
Costume Design by: Matthew Hixenbaugh, Nikki Pelley
Set Decoration by: Brett Ludlow
Art Direction by: Audie Hamon
Music by: Gavin Brivik
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Vertical Entertainment
Release Date: September 3, 2021
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