Dark Winds and Blood Quantum actor Kiowa Gordon and Sera-Lys McArthur have been announced as part of the cast for Many Wounds, a contemporary re-imagining of Lee Tamahori's 1994 Maori film Once Were Warriors, set within indigenous communities in Canada. Skye Pelletier takes on the lead role of Mashka, a young teenager navigating the challenges of assimilation and emerging as a protector for his family.
Jeremy Torrie, an Ojibway filmmaker, wrote and is directing Many Wounds, drawing from his own experiences growing up indigenous in Winnipeg. The film aims to shed light on the lasting impacts of forced assimilation and genocide by the Canadian government on indigenous peoples, with a focus on revealing uncomfortable truths for societal awareness and healing.
