Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013)

Red Crow Mi'kmaq reservation, 1976: By government decree, every Indian child under the age of 16 must attend residential school. In the kingdom of the Crow, that means imprisonment at St. Dymphna's. That means being at the mercy of "Popper", the sadistic Indian agent who runs the school.

Director:

Jeff Barnaby

Writer:

Jeff Barnaby

Stars:

Devery Jacobs, Glen Gould, Brandon Oakes

4 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Devery Jacobs	...	Aila (as Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs)
Glen Gould	...	Joseph
Brandon Oakes	...	Burner
Roseanne Supernault	...	Anna
Mark Antony Krupa	...	Popper (as Mark Anthony Krupa)
Cody Bird	...	Sholo (as Cody Bird)
Nathan Alexis	...	Angus
Kenneth D'Ailleboust	...	Maytag
Kent McQuaid	...	Milch
Katherine Sorbey	...	Ceres
Miika Bryce Whiskeyjack	...	Young Aila (as Miika Whiskeyjack)
Shako Mattawa Jacobs	...	Jujijj
Stewart Myiow	...	Gisigu
Louis Beauvais	...	Tyler
Muin Gould	...	Young Joseph

Storyline

Red Crow Mi'kmaq reservation, 1976: By government decree, every Indian child under the age of 16 must attend residential school. In the kingdom of the Crow, that meansimprisonment at St. Dymphna's. That means being at the mercy of "Popper", the sadistic Indian agent who runs the school. At 15, Aila is the weed princess of Red Crow. Hustling with her uncle Burner, she sells enough dope to pay Popper her "truancy tax", keeping her out of St. Ds. But when Aila's drug money is stolen and her father Joseph returns from prison, the precarious balance of Aila's world is destroyed. Her only options are to run or fight - and Mi'kmaq don't run.

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Plot Keywords:

year 1976 | 1970s | residential school | underage drinking | alcohol abuse | 

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Taglines:

On the Red Crow Rez, growing up means getting even.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, drug use, language, sexual references and graphic nudity

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

PBC
Performed by A Tribe Called Red (uncredited) featuring Sheldon Sundon
© & (P) A Tribe Called Red

User Reviews

Informative but Terrible

Characters depicted as nothing but unstable, which is odd. I wanted to find the good in them too (compassion, simple etiquette, consciousness) but I haven't. They can be 'just a bunch of savages' to non-natives. The narrative fails to explain the cause of tthe drug-dealing, violence, prostitution, and constant profanity within the community. I already knew that those were the consequences among natives due to residential/day schooling, but I don't know if me not knowing that in the movie is explicable to my autism, which leads to my point of ableist language that is failed tto be addressed within the movie. (A male character says 'that is so f****** retarded. The female one exclaims 'you two are the dumbest Indian since bugs bunny puts on a headdress'-a combo of that and internalized racism. Girl, they're HIGH! I thought you would know that after years of selling weed! I haven't even touched weed and I know that weed causes extreme fatigue over time! Dafuq!)

These people don't even have the common decency to withhold profanity in front of kids! Heck! They even drunk drive with the kids! Why wouldn't they let the kids spend the night somewhere? They're not smart enough to? And what is with the overuse of the F word? They rot my brain by just cussing too much. I know everyone isn't perfect, but all of them are the crack of the barrel! And they had to be extra by throwing that random Wendigo tale in just to make me even more disgusted with the movie!

I'm African American. I lived in the 'ghettos', but the last thing I want is us to be depicted as nothing and nothing but extreme (unwise) caricatures (like this movie does to Amerindians). I'm not a child but there are too many G/PG movies that address native American issues in an apparently Eurocentric or colonist mindset. The movie could have been the exception that is appropriate for EVERYONE at ANY AGE to understand. But no; I guess there is a very foolish saying 'you can't explain your reality to a child.' Says who!

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Canada

Language:

English Micmac

Release Date:

31 May 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rimes pour revenants

Filming Locations:

Kahnawake, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD1,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$141, 26 October 2014

Gross USA:

$1,529

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,529

Company Credits

Production Co:

Prospector Films, Canadian Film Centre (CFC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1