Indian Horse (film)

Indian Horse
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStephen Campanelli
Written byDennis Foon
Based onIndian Horse
by Richard Wagamese
Produced byClint Eastwood (exec)
Paula Devonshire
Trish Dolman
Christine Haebler
StarringSladen Peltier
Forrest Goodluck
Ajuawak Kapashesit
Edna Manitowabi
Michael Murphy
Michiel Huisman
CinematographyYves Bélanger
Edited byJamie Alain
Geoff Ashenhurst
Justin Li
Music byJesse Zubot
Production
companies
Devonshire Productions
Screen Siren Pictures
Distributed by
Release date
  • September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15) (TIFF)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Ojibwe
Budget$8 million
Box office$2 million

Indian Horse is a 2017 movie Canadian drama film adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name by Ojibwe author Richard Wagamese. Directed by Stephen S. Campanelli and written by Dennis Foon, it premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and received a general theatrical release in 2018.

The film centres on Saul Indian Horse, a young Canadian First Nations boy who survives Canada's Indian residential school system to become a star ice hockey player. The film stars Sladen Peltier as Saul at age 6, Forrest Goodluck as Saul at age 15, and Ajuawak Kapashesit as Saul at age 22; along with supporting roles by Edna Manitowabi, Evan Adams, Michiel Huisman, Michael Murphy, and Martin Donovan.