40 Acres (2024)
1h 48m
Running Time
September 6, 2024Release Date
40 Acres (2024)
1h 48m
Running Time
September 6, 2024Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they make one last stand against a vicious militia hell-bent on taking their 40 Acres.
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Cast & Crew.
Danielle Deadwyler
Hailey Freeman / Executive Producer
Kataem O'Connor
Emanuel Freeman
Michael Greyeyes
Galen
Milcania Diaz-Rojas
Dawn
Leenah Robinson
Raine
Jaeda LeBlanc
Danis Freeman
Haile Amare
Cookie
Elizabeth Saunders
Augusta Taylor
Tyrone Benskin
Felix Freeman
Myriam Côté
Skinny Masked Drifter
Patrick Kerton
Blondie
Jacob Gabriel
Little Emanuel
Patrick Garrow
Lewis The Man With Glasses
Zeegwon Shilling
Taylor Teen #1
Ava Weiss
Taylor Teen #2
Tyson Kirk
Taylor Teen #3
Eric Daniel
Kitchen Cannibal #1
James Eddy
Kitchen Cannibal #2
Jr Marasigan
Kitchen Cannibal #3
Derek Barnes
Kitchen Cannibal #4
Geoff Meech
Kitchen Cannibal #5
Anita Nittoly
Kitchen Cannibal #6
James Binkley
Oldie Cannibal
Randy Butcher
Old Cap Drifter
Mike Chute
Old Cap Drifter #2
David Chinchilla
Union Soldier Cannibal #1
Al Vrkljan
Union Soldier Cannibal #2
Craig Henry
Scared Drifter
Jean-François Lachapelle
Burial Ground Cannibal #1
Justin Howell
Burial Ground Cannibal #2
Kevan Kase
Burial Ground Cannibal #3
Pat Kerton
Blondie Drifter
R.T. Thorne
Writer / Director / Story / Executive Producer
Jennifer Holness
Producer
Lora Campbell
Story / Associate Producer
Glenn Taylor
Writer
Taj Critchlow
Executive Producer
Andrew Frank
Executive Producer
Mark Gingras
Executive Producer
John Laing
Executive Producer
Sudz Sutherland
Executive Producer
Dave Hudakoc
Co-Executive Producer
Peter Cosco
Production Design
Jeremy Benning
Director of Photography
Dev Singh
Editor / Associate Producer
Sandy Pereira
Editor
Charlene Akuamoah
Costume Design
Todor Kobakov
Original Music Composer
Stephanie Gorin
Casting
Kim Taylor-Coleman
Casting
Reid A. Dunlop
First Assistant Director
Sterling Thomas
Second Assistant Director
Temilola Adebayo
Associate Producer
Antonio Hines
Makeup Department Head
Chancelle Mulela
Makeup Department Head
Stacie Merriman
Hair Department Head
Neil Morris
Art Direction
Adam Prince
Set Decoration
Paula Gregg
Set Decoration Buyer
Carolyn Clendenning
Second Assistant Art Director
Sabira Abdus-Samad
Set Decoration Buyer
Syed Ahmed Bokhari
First Assistant Art Direction
Luke Ellis
Lead Set Dresser
Bobby Fraser
Set Dresser
Greg McLellan
Set Dresser
Stuart Dunbar
Set Dresser
Stephanie Fournier
Set Dresser
Ryan Woods
Set Dresser
Margaret Shain
Set Dresser
Helen Tracey
Set Dresser
Andrew Aowka
Set Dresser
David Ottier
Sound Mixer
Jessica Rogers
Sound Mixer
Sam Glogowski
Boom Operator
Mike Ashton
Boom Operator
Sasha Moric
'A' Camera Operator
Peter Sweeney
Steadicam Operator / 'B' Camera Operator
Joe Turner
'B' Camera Operator
Nigel Hartwell
Gaffer
Corbin Noonan
Assistant Gaffer
Alexandre Fishbein-Ouimette
Camera Trainee
Jessica Goebell
Online Editor
Jim Fleming
Colorist
Steve Moore
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lucas Roveda
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ed Douglas
Sound Designer
Dermain Finlayson
Dialogue Editor
Andrii Bieliznoi
Visual Effects Supervisor
Andrii Bilym
Visual Effects Supervisor
Sergii Mashevskyi
Visual Effects Producer
Angelica Lisk-Hann
Stunt Coordinator
Victoria Goodman
Stunt Double
Dennis Lafond
Stunt Double
Sammila Vassell
Stunt Double
Nick Stead
Stunts
Thomas Liccioni
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
40 Acres is a 2024 Canadian post-apocalyptic thriller film written and directed by R. T. Thorne (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Danielle Deadwyler as a matriarch of descendants of African American farmers who settled in 1875 in rural Canada after the first Civil War. Two hundred years later, they are trying to survive in a decimated future. It is set to be released by Mongrel Media in Canada.
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2024.