Indian Horse

Indian Horse is adapted from Richard Wagamese's novel; Wagamese had originally planned to write a hockey book, but the novel evolved into something much darker based on his interviews with residential school survivors. Clint Eastwood served as executive producer on the film. Canada's residential school system officially operated from 1863 to 1996, with over 130 federally supported schools established nationwide and more than 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children often forcibly taken from their families. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission documented testimony from roughly 7,000 people and characterized the system as cultural genocide. Who it's for: anyone curious about a drama based on a real historical system, Canada's residential schools, executive produced by Clint Eastwood. Who it's not for: viewers wanting a light sports film with no historical weight, since the film directly confronts a system characterized as cultural genocide.