Blood Quantum
The term “blood quantum” refers to a colonial system enforced on Indigenous peoples in North America which determines their individual status and rights based on their “percentage” of Indigenous ancestry. It is a tool of control, assimilation and erasure of Indigenous peoples.
In this brilliantly provocative horror film set in an isolated Mi’kmaq community, the Indigenous population remains immune to a raging zombie virus infecting the surrounding white population.
Blood soaked, fast paced and darkly comic, Blood Quantum is a wild ride using the zombie genre as a vehicle to explore white supremacy, colonialism, genocide and Indigenous self-determination.
Director(s):
Jeff Barnaby (Mi’qmaw)
Writer(s):
Jeff Barnaby (Mi’qmaw)
Producer(s):
John Christou, Robert Vroom
Cast:
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blackfoot/Sámi), Michael Greyeyes (Plains Cree), Forrest Goodluck (Diné/Mandan/Hidatsa/Tsimshian)
Genre(s):
Action/Adventure, Horror
Language(s):
English, Other Language
Subtitles:
EN Subtitles, FR Subtitles
Closed Captioning:
EN CC, FR CC