Samuel Goldwyn Films has released the official trailer for their upcoming movie Night Raiders. It is written and directed by Danis Goulet, which will be her directorial debut, and was executive produced by Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Free Guy).
The trailer begins with the protagonist Niska, played by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (White Indians Walking, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open), as she tries to escape a drone that is after her daughter. They hint at a war that happened in the past that caused a town that they pass through to be completely abandoned. When they meet a man who believed his son was the only free child left, it is revealed that in this dystopian world children are not free.
In the trailer, we learn that the Academy is a place where all of the children are taken and forced to train in order to fight in a war.
Niska's daughter appears to have been taken by the Academy, which leads her to a group of people that seem to be fighting against the Academy and their organization. The official synopsis for Night Raiders gives a few more clues about the plot and Niska's journey:
2043 - in a dystopian future a military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are considered property of the regime which trains them to fight. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children’s academy and get her daughter back. A parable about the situation of the First Nations, Night Raiders is a female-driven sci-fi drama about resilience, courage and love.
Along with Tailfeathers, Night Raiders stars Brooklyn Letexier-Hart (Burden of Truth), Gail Maurice (Cardinal, Johnny Greyeyes), Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Alex Tarrant (Loner, Vegas), Violet Nelson (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open), Shaun Sipos (The Vampire Diaries, Krypton), and Suzanne Cyr (Suits, The Wedding Planners). It will center around Tailfeathers's character Niska, as she joins a group of vigilantes in order to rescue her daughter from the Academy, a state-run institution.
Night Raiders is set to premiere on November 12, in theaters and on digital and On Demand. Watch the official trailer below: