This powerful documentary chronicles the emergent phenomenon of gang life in Native American communities. The film follows Rob Brown, a 37-year-old Ojibwe man who seeks a new direction after helping to import violent drug culture to his reservation community in Minnesota, and Kevin, Rob's nephew who dreams of becoming the most feared Native gangster on the reservation.
DCP, color, 78 min. DIR: Jack Pettibone Riccobono. PROD. Natalie Portman, Chris Eyre.
The Seventh Fire opens on July 29 at the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles.
Special thanks: Clemence Taillandier—Film Movement.