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66% Critic Match
Dance Me Outside
“After the party's over, real life kicks into gear.”
6.6 / 10• 1995• 1h 24m•NR• English
DramaCrimeComedy
Storyline
Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When Native Canadian Silas Crow is forced to write a personal essay in order to get a much-desired job, he tells the story of the rape and murder of an Indian girl by a drunken thug. When the killer received a lenient two-year sentence for manslaughter, the First Nations community felt shock and anger—and tried desperately to deal with the after-effects of this lack of justice.
Cast & Crew
Ryan Rajendra Black
Silas Crow
Lead
Adam Beach
Frank Fencepost
Jennifer Podemski
Sadie Maracle
Lisa LaCroix
Illianna
KH
Kevin Hicks
Robert McVey
RM
Rose Marie Trudeau
Ma Crow
GM
Gloria May Eshkibok
Mad Etta
SR
Selim Running Bear Sandoval
Robert Coyote
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bruce McDonald's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Dance Me Outside is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
