Bootlegger

Law student Mani (Devery Jacobs, Reservation Dogs) returns to the northern Quebec reservation where she grew up. Determined to reconnect with her community after years in the city – her Algonquin is rusty at best – she finds a town wrestling with illegal grog and the hypocritical authorities trying to halt it. Matters are made worse when Mani goes head-to-head with the system over a referendum to legalise the sale of alcohol. A polarising debate over self-determination ensues. Monnet – Algonquin herself – shows a remarkable talent for voicing socio-political themes in a film whose ideas stretch beyond the Canadian context to speak to issues affecting colonised peoples around the globe.

Screens with Long Line of Ladies.