Indian Horse (2017)

[Drunk Monk]

A Canadian film that premiered at TIFF about the struggles of Native Canadians under the oppressive Catholic Residential Schools, a tyrannical assimilation program inflicted by the government. WTF is up with Catholics? They are so mean. And nasty. Like gloriously nasty (this makes sense if you see the film). The film has an agenda - to shed light on this horrible genocide - and it's bleak overall accept where the protagonist finds redemption. And that redemption is... hockey. Remember? Canadian. There's some gorgeous scenery - much is shot on some native reservation - and a lot of racial issues and humiliation, and hockey. The center of the film is all hockey. eh?

No sword fights. Not particularly DOOM recommended.