Your sister's accused of murder. You're her lawyer. You're also her sister. Good luck.
Acting
Morriseau carries the whole film on her exhausted shoulders.
Direction
Cheechoo's debut: raw, unflinching, made with $2 million and fury.
Director
Shirley Cheechoo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shirley Cheechoo became the first First Nations woman to write, produce, direct AND star in a Canadian feature film — and she did it with a crew that was 70% Indigenous.
The 'backroads' title isn't just metaphorical — the film was literally shot on remote Ontario roads so rough that equipment trucks kept getting stuck, forcing rewrites on location.
US
CA
