Bad River

Bad River (2024)

A Story of Defiance.

88 min★ 7.7 · 93 votes

Wisconsin's tribe's ongoing fight to protect Lake Superior for future generations. "Bad River" shows the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's long history of activism and resistance in the context of continuing legal battles with Enbridge Energy over its Line 5 oil pipeline. The Line 5 pipeline has been operating on 12 miles of the Bad River Band's land with expired easements for more than a decade. The Band and the Canadian company have been locked in a legal battle over the pipeline since 2019.

Release date
March 15, 2024
Country of origin
United States

Trailer

Cast

  • Mike Wiggins Jr. as Self - Chairman, Bad River Tribal Council
  • Joseph Gokee as Self - Former Bad River Natural Resources Dept., Bad River Ojibwe
  • Kris Arbuckle as Self - Bad River Natural Resources Dept., Bad River Ojibwe
  • Naomi Tillison as Self - Director, Bad River Natural Resources Dept.
  • Mike Berlin as Self - Former Vice Chair, Bad River Tribal Council, Bad River Tribal Elder
  • Caitlin Newago as Self - Bad River Ojibwe
  • Alton Sonny Ozaawaanaquad Smart as Self - Professor Emeritus, U.W. Stevens Point, U.S. Army Veteran, Bad River Tribal Elder
  • Eldred Corbine as Self - Former Vice Chair, Bad River Tribal Council, Bad River Tribal Elder
  • Joe Rose Sr. as Self - Former Professor, Northland College, Bad River Tribal Elder
  • Shawnee Ford as Self - Bad River Ojibwe

Crew