Bootlegger (2021)

1h 21m
Running Time

October 8, 2021
Release Date

Bootlegger (2021)

1h 21m
Running Time

October 8, 2021
Release Date

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Mani, a master’s student, returns to the reserve in northern Quebec where she grew up. Her painful past resurfaces. Resolved to reintegrate into the community, she gets involved in the debate around a referendum on allowing the free sale of alcohol on the reserve. Laura, a bootlegger, pockets the profits she makes there under the protection of the band council and her partner Raymond. The latter is still angry with Mani, whom he holds responsible for the death of his daughter in a fire. Opposing forces quickly divide the community into two sides who face each other to determine the best path to independence.

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Release Date
October 8, 2021

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Running Time
1h 21m

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indigenous
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Bootlegger is a Canadian drama film, directed by Caroline Monnet and released in September 2021. The film centres on Mani (Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs), an indigenous graduate student in university who returns to her reserve in Quebec to advocate for a community referendum banning the sale of alcohol, placing her at odds with Laura (Pascale Bussières), a bootlegger who profits from the sale of alcohol in the community.The cast also includes Brigitte Poupart, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Joshua Odjick, Jacques Newashish, Dominique Pétin and Samian.

The film was shot in fall 2019 in Kitigan Zibi, Quebec. Prior to its production, the film's screenplay won the Cinéfondation bursary for Best Screenplay at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.The film premiered at the 2021 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, and screened as the opening film of the 2021 Festival du nouveau cinéma, in advance of its commercial premiere on October 15.

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