Warrior Up!

Warrior Up! is a 13 x 22-minute documentary series that follows inspiring Indigenous youth making positive change in their communities! Whether it’s defending the land, learning nearly lost Indigenous hunting and building techniques, feeding unsheltered relatives or helping decolonize the fashion industry, the young changemakers featured in this series are making an impact. Warrior Up! shares their inspiring journeys of activism in engaging, entertaining ways as our three hosts take turns traveling Turtle Island, jumping in to lend a hand alongside these young warriors. Inuk actor Anna Lambe, 22, from Iqaluit, Nunavut, Anishnaabe actor Joshua Odjick, 21, from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, and actor Joel Oulette, 20, a member of the Cumberland House Cree and Red River Métis Nation, find themselves shooting arrows from horseback, improvising a rap, walking the runway, building a pit house and packing blessing bags, learning just what it means to be a warrior.

  • David Finch
    Director
  • Jesse Bochner
    Director
  • Chris Beaver
    Director
  • Ossie Michelin
    Director
  • Angie-Pepper O'Bomsawin
    Director
  • Stephanie Joline
    Director
  • David Finch
    Writer
  • Maureen Marovitch
    Writer
  • David Finch
    Producer
  • Maureen Marovitch
    Producer
  • Anna Lambe
    Key Cast
    "Host- herself"
    The Grizzlies, Trickster, Three Pines
  • Joshua Odjick
    Key Cast
    "Host-himself"
    Wildhood, Swarm, Bones of Crows
  • Joel Oulette
    Key Cast
    "Host-himself"
    Trickster, Chateau Laurier, Tribal, The Last Airbender
  • Nevaeh Pine
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Talon Pascal
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Tréchelle Bunn
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Cherokee Nation Remember The Removal Riders
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Cole Clark
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Dylan Hope
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Kya Steinbach-Parker
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Rylee Nepinak
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Kayla Spencer-Young
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Rotshennón:ni Two-Axe
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Isaac Garcia
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Kyrstin Dumont
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Sophia Sidarous
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Hailey Rose
    Warriors (Documentary Participants)
  • Jesse Bochner
    Editors
  • James Malloch
    Editors
  • Dave Gaudet
    Director of Photography
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Television
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes 10 seconds
  • Production Budget:
    1,027,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    4K Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - David Finch, Jesse Bochner, Chris Beaver, Ossie Michelin, Angie-Pepper O'Bomsawin, Stephanie Joline

David Finch is the majority co-owner of Picture This Productions, a production company based in Montreal specializing in documentaries, documentary series and short fiction films. A filmmaker of Cree/ Ojibwe and European heritage, David has been writing, directing and producing since 1993.

One his great passions is the social issue documentary, and his award-winning films like When Two Won’t Do, Longshots and Backroads have been broadcast on CBC, CBC Newsworld, The Documentary Channel, TVOntario, History Television, Canal D, Historia, and Global Television, as well as internationally, and garnered awards at HotDocs, the Yorkton Film and Video Festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival. His films have also featured at the Montreal World Film Festival, IDFA, ImagineNATIVE, Native Insights, and the American Indian Film Festival. He’s produced the CBC Gem documentary series Seen and Heard, and APTN series Arm Nation and Watchers of the North. But he’s also been able to intersperse his doc work with directing and producing short fiction films like Cul de Sac, Redeemable in Merchandise, Ahmed and the Hungry Heifer and Drawing Blank.

David is also passionate about encouraging the next generation of media producers. He is a professor of Film and New Media at Champlain College in St. Lambert, Quebec and a lecturer at Sundance Collab.

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