Following her sister's disappearance, Jax and her niece Roki must stick together. Desperate to keep what's left of their family intact, Jax and Roki defy the law and hit the road on a journey to the Grand Nation Powwow in Oklahoma City.
Acting
Gladstone's micro-expressions say what dialogue can't.
Direction
Tremblay shoots Oklahoma like a character—beautiful, indifferent, home.
Costume
Roki's regalia prep: every bead carries generations.
Director
Erica Tremblay
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tremblay is Seneca-Cayuga; the film was developed through the Sundance Indigenous Program and filmed with extensive community collaboration in Oklahoma.
Jax's hustles—cigarette running, petty theft—mirror real economic survival strategies on reservations where federal neglect forces informal economies.
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