Indian Horse – A Movie Based On the Award-Winning Novel by Richard Wagamese

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On this episode, Tasha and Andrew speak with, Christine Haebler one of the producers of “INDIAN HORSE”, a movie based on the award-winning novel by Richard Wagamese and directed by Stephen Campanelli. INDIAN HORSE opens in theatres across Canada on April 13, 2018.

Indian Horse recounts the story of Saul Indian Horse and his remarkable journey as a northern Ojibway child torn from his family and placed in one of Canada’s notorious Catholic residential schools, to a man who ultimately finds his place in the world, Richard Wagamese’s best-selling novel rose to critical acclaim when first published in 2012.  To learn more visit: http://www.indianhorse.ca/

Iron Horse Has received many awards to it’s credit:

•  Kamloops  Film Festival – Most Popular Film Award & Audience Choice Award
• Victoria Film Festival – Cineplex Entertainment Audience Favourite
•  Available Light Film Festival – Audience Choice, Best Canadian Fiction
•  Vancouver International Film Festival – Super Channel People’s Choice Award
•  Calgary International Film Festival – Audience  Favourite, Narrative Feature
• Edmonton International Film Festival – Audience Award for Best Dramatic
• Feature Cinéfest Sudbury –  Runner up, Audience Choice Award – Best Feature Film

“We have been overwhelmed by the audience’s powerful reaction to the film at festivals to date. We are deeply humbled and honoured and know that Richard Wagamese would have been so proud,” commented producers Christine Haebler, Trish Dolman and Paula Devonshire.

About Christine Haebler  

A 34-year film veteran, Christine earned a Best Motion Picture Genie nomination for her first producing venture Hard Core Logo, which was distributed by Miramax in the US.  She served as a producer on Gary Burns’s Kitchen Party, Malcolm Ingram’s Tail Lights Fade, and executive producer on Ben Ratner’s Moving Malcolm and Reg Harkema’s A Girl Is A Girl.

Her subsequent producing credits include the 10-part television miniseries, Terminal City, for Channel 4 and the Sundance Channel and Peter Greenaway’s Nightwatching, starring Martin Freeman, which premiered at Venice and TIFF.

Her first collaboration with Judy Tossel of Egoli Tossell was Sandra Nettelbeck’s Helen, which starred Ashley Judd and Goran Visnjic and premiered at Sundance and distributed by Warner Bros and eOne. She also acted as Executive In Charge of Production on Sony’s Hardwiredstarring Cuba Gooding Jr and Val Kilmer.

She then became Trish Dolman’s producing partner in Screen Siren Pictures, and brought another film she developed with Judy Tossell, Hector and the Search for Happiness to the company. It was directed by Peter Chelsom, starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike and Christopher Plummer which was distributed by Relativity Media and eOne.

At Screen Siren Pictures she also produced; Daydream Nation, directed by Mike Goldbach, starring Kat Dennings, Josh Lucas and Andie MacDowell which was distributed by eOne and Anchor Bay, and Foreverland, starring Max Theriot, Juliette Lewis and Demian Bichir, was also distributed by eOne.

In 2014 and 2015, Screen Siren was the service company and Christine the producer for EuropaCorp’s Shut In starring Naomi Watts. She also produced the Vancouver-shot portion of Warriors Gate, a $42 Million co-pro between EuropaCorp and Fundamental Films.

She also Executive Produced Kevin Funk’s award-winning feature debut, Hello Destroyer. 

Terminal City Pictures and Screen Siren are currently producing Indian Horse, the feature adaptation of Ojibway author Richard Wagamese’s award-winning novel.

 

More about the Film
Shot on location in Sudbury and Peterborough, Ontario, INDIAN HORSE stars Canadian newcomers Sladen Peltier and Ajuawak Kapashesit who, along with Forrest Goodluck (THE REVENANT), portray title character, Saul Indian Horse, at the three stages of his life. The film also stars Michiel Huisman (GAME OF THRONES, THE AGE OF ADALINE) and Michael Murphy (FALL, AWAY FROM HER, X-MEN) and features a compelling performance by newcomer Edna Manitowabe. A residential school survivor herself, Manitouwabe brings a soulful presence as Saul’s indomitable grandmother.

In late 1950s Ontario, seven year-old Saul Indian Horse is torn from his Ojibway family and committed to one of Canada’s notorious Catholic residential schools. In this oppressive environment, Saul is denied the freedom to speak his language or embrace his indigenous heritage and he witnesses all kinds of abuse at the hands of the very people who were entrusted with his care. Despite this, Saul finds salvation in the unlikeliest of places and favourite Canadian pastimes — hockey. Fascinated by the game, he secretly teaches himself how to not only play but develops a unique and rare skill. It’s as if he has eyes in the back of his head and can see the game in a way no other player can. His talent leads him away from the misery of the school to a Northern Ontario native league and eventually the pros. But the ghosts of Saul’s past will always haunt him. Forced to confront painful memories and revelations, Saul draws on the spirit of his ancestors and the understanding of his friends to gain the compassion he so sorely needs in order to begin healing. Indian Horse is a survivor’s tale that foregrounds the indomitable spirit of North America’s Indigenous peoples in the face of aggressive assimilation policies and racism.

INDIAN HORSE is directed by Stephen S. Campanelli (MOMENTUM) from a script by Dennis Foon (ON THE FARM, LIFE, ABOVE ALL). Based on the eponymous, award-winning novel by Richard Wagamese (Winner of the Canada Reads People’s Choice award, the First Nations Communities Reads program, short-listed for the International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award and a Globe and Mail top 100 book of 2012). INDIAN HORSE is produced by Christine Haebler (HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS, HARD CORE LOGO), Trish Dolman (HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS, FLOWER & GARNET) and Paula Devonshire (WET BUM, SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD). Roger Frappier (THE GRAND SEDUCTION, JESUS OF MONTREAL) and Clint Eastwood serve as executive producers.

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