Blood Quantum features a near all-Indigenous cast and is a gory, fast-paced movie about a fictional Mi'kmaq reserve facing a zombie outbreak. "In qualified and political terms, it's 100 per cent a Native zombie exploitation film," said the film's director, writer and editor, Jeff Barnaby. (Elevation Pictures)In Blood Quantum, a zombie outbreak is taking place in the fictional Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow and Indigenous people are immune. "If you're a non-Native filmmaker and you are making a Native film, you are hyper aware of it," he said. Mostly Indigenous castThe film features performances from Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Michael Greyeyes, Forrest Goodluck and Gary Farmer.

Source: CBC News April 27, 2020 20:26 UTC