R.T. Thorne’s dystopian thriller 40 Acres, starring American actor Danielle Deadwyler, is the most-nominated film in this year’s Canadian Screen Awards with ten nominations.
In a post-apocalyptic future where food is scarce, the last descendants of a Black family of farmers who settled in Canada after the American Civil War must protect their homestead from an organized militia hell-bent on taking their land.
Former soldier Hailey (Danielle Deadwyler) and her partner Galen (Michael Greyeyes) made the decision years ago to flee the collapse of society for a farm in the middle of nowhere, teaching their children how to fight off other people who will kill them to eat their crops and take their farm, or cannibals, who will kill them for food.
But when Hailey’s eldest son Emanuel (Kataem O’Connor) meets a young woman (Milcania Diaz-Rojas) in the forest, his need for human contact places the whole family in jeopardy.
Shot in Sudbury, Ontario.
Other film nominees:
Blue Heron, The Cost of Heaven (Gagne ton ciel), Follies (Folichonneries)., Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers), Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, The Things You Kill, Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara).
For more: Canadian Screen Awards Nominations
The Canadian Screen Awards Gala airs May 31st on the CBC.