40 Acres is the highly anticipated feature film debut from Canadian director R.T. Thorne, whose previous work includes projects like The Porter. Now in theatres, 40 Acres follows a Black-Indigenous family trying to survive in a famine-decimated near future — and protect their farmland against new threats trying to take it. The film has been praised for its performances, and its creative interpretation of Canadian history. Today on Commotion, culture critic El Jones and film critic Jesse Wente join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss the film's Black-Indigenous themes, and what its release could mean for BIPOC Canadian filmmaking moving forward....
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