How We Stand (2026)
107 min
Tombs weaves together the triangular story points of three Oklahoma sisters and their mother who travel to Los Angeles as a part of a relocation program in the 1950s that gave Native Americans the opportunity to become “civilized” by getting jobs in urban centres. When they arrive, they begin to understand that like many east-to-west dreams, the reality is not the new beginning they sought. Abandoned by government policy and in acute poverty, they begin to search for their own, finding home in “the tombs” – the cemented riverways of LA. It is here a young mother is killed, and the lives of her children separate down three very different paths that emerge in 1970s Los Angeles – weaving together one telling, one flood.
- Release date
- September 13, 2026
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Evan Adams
- Gil Bellows
- Tonantzin Carmelo
- Tricia Collins as Hot Pink Staci
- Storeigh Daniel as Young Jessie
- Isabel Deroy-Olson as Janey
- Gary Farmer
- Marci T. House as Stone Groove Ruth
- Eric Johnson
- Wayne Lavallee as Kris Kristofferson
Crew
- Marie Clements · Director
- Marie Clements · Writer
- Marie Clements · Producer
- Trish Dolman · Producer
- Christine Haebler · Producer
- Steven Thibault · Producer
- Wayne Lavallee · Composer
- Adam Madrzyk · Cinematographer
- Geoff Ashenhurst · Editor
- Maxime Lahaie · Editor
- Rene Haynes · Casting director
- Judy Lee · Casting director
- Brian Davie · Production designer
- Mark S. Freeborn · Production designer