Seventh Fire

Long Shot’s Involvement:

Academy Campaign on behalf of All Rites Reserved

Release Date:

Summer 2016

Synopsis:

When gang leader Rob Brown is sentenced to prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved American Indian community in northern Minnesota. As Rob reckons with his past, his seventeen-year-old protégé, Kevin, dreams of the future: becoming the most powerful and feared Native gangster on the reservation.

From executive producers Terrence Malick, Natalie Portman, and Chris Eyre comes this haunting and unflinching debut feature directed by Jack Pettibone Riccobono.

New York Times Critics’ Pick

“REMARKABLE… deeply textured.”
– Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“POWERFUL… grabs viewers by the backs of their necks.”
– Glenn Kenny, The New York Times

“FASCINATING… a sensitive, evocative portrait.”
– Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times
“Riccobono films it all with intelligence, sensitivity, and a feel for offhand poetry.”
– Bilge Ebiri, Village Voice

“A POWERFULLY RESONANT impression of how America’s past is sacrificed at the altar of its future.”
– David Ehrlich, indieWIRE
“A potent combination of cinema verite, humanism and social activism… Stylistically polished, inquisitive and intimately reported.”
– Colin Covert, Star Tribune

“The film’s indelible depiction of current Native life is an ACHIEVEMENT”
– Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert.com