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Bad River

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The film chronicles the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band and the Band's ongoing fight for sovereignty, which unfolds in a groundbreaking way through a series of shocking revelations, devastating losses, and a powerful legacy of defiance and resilience. This inspiring project brings us through the epic sweep of history into the present, with a David and Goliath battle over a 70-year-old pipeline on the brink of rupture into Lake Superior, the largest freshwater resource in America. As Eldred Corbine, a Bad River Tribal Elder declares in the film,"we gotta protect it... die for it, if we have to."

Critics Reviews

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S. Nicole Lane Chicago Reader 03/22/2024
The film deftly documents a journey of heartbreak and pain... Go to Full Review
Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com 03/20/2024
2.5/4
A notable amplification of a noble message. Go to Full Review
JK Sooja Common Sense Media 11/13/2024
The documentary is smart to contextualize their fight with Enbridge in the larger historical context of governments, companies, and people who have invariably taken advantage of Native and Indigenous communities throughout history. Go to Full Review
Carla Hay Culture Mix 03/23/2024
Bad River sounds an important alarm about the battle for civil rights and environmental protection in a crusade led by the Bad River Band. This must-see documentary shows in unflinching ways how these issues affect everyone on a global level. Go to Full Review
Chris Salce Film Threat 03/15/2024
10/10
Bad River made me angry in the intended way. The injustice that the Indigenous have faced for many years is only one story in a huge history that needs to be told. This is a movie that should be included in every American history curriculum. Go to Full Review
Liz Braun AWFJ.org 03/12/2024
Bad River is a small but mighty and profoundly moving documentary about the formidable Lake Superior Ojibwe people whose legal battle against Enbridge Oil may be the only thing standing between the next pipeline failure and the waters of the Great Lakes. Go to Full Review
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Michele L 03/24/2024 Online it sounded like the documentary focused on the Bad River Bands efforts to control their own destiny, property and sovereignty against Canadian oil giant Enbridge -- and that WAS the purpose of the documentary. However, in order to understand the Bad River Bands struggles with Enbridge, you really had to learn the history of the tribe going back to the 1800s and the terrible hardships this band of Chippewa/Ojibwe native Americans have experienced at the hands of the U.S. government and corporate interests, and how theyve had to fight over and over to retain their culture, heritage, and treaty rights. Very interesting documentary covering much of the tribe's history / highly recommend! See more Anonymous 03/18/2024 I thought the documentary was done VERY VERY well. It was very educational about the plight of the Bad River tribe. It was very engaging and thought provoking. See more Tina 03/17/2024 This movie was amazingly done! I wish everyone would go see it to learn the truth about what the government has done and continues to do to Native Americans. See more CHRIS 03/16/2024 Very informative account of what is going on in the Bad Water Indian Reservation. It is about how they are bring bullied by a big oil corporation and the corporation refuses to honor any previous agreements that they have made with the tribe. The repercussions of which could end up in an environmental disaster reaching as far as Lake Superior. See more jeff 03/16/2024 Speaking truth to power. Sad to see, 2024 still horrible treatment of Native people. See more Hike & Heal W 07/01/2024 Every United States citizen should be required to watch this as part of US history. A great film, a tragic history and a threatened ecosystem in need of attention. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The film chronicles the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band and the Band's ongoing fight for sovereignty, which unfolds in a groundbreaking way through a series of shocking revelations, devastating losses, and a powerful legacy of defiance and resilience. This inspiring project brings us through the epic sweep of history into the present, with a David and Goliath battle over a 70-year-old pipeline on the brink of rupture into Lake Superior, the largest freshwater resource in America. As Eldred Corbine, a Bad River Tribal Elder declares in the film,"we gotta protect it... die for it, if we have to."
Director
Mary Mazzio
Producer
Mary Mazzio, Grant Hill, Allison Abner
Screenwriter
Mary Mazzio, Alec Sokolow
Distributor
AMC Theatres Distribution
Production Co
50 Eggs Films
Genre
Documentary, Nature
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 15, 2024, Limited
Runtime
1h 27m