ABOUT THE FILM

NARRATED BY

Quannah ChasingHorse and Edward Norton

DIRECTED BY

Mary Mazzio

BAD RIVER, narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse and Academy-Award nominee, Edward Norton; written and directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mary Mazzio; and produced by Grant Hill (Owner of the Atlanta Hawks) and Allison Abner (writer for Narcos, West Wing and descendant of the Stockbridge Munsee Band), is a new documentary film which chronicles the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band and its ongoing fight for sovereignty, a story which unfolds in a groundbreaking way through a series of shocking revelations, devastating losses, and a powerful legacy of defiance and resilience which includes a David vs. Goliath battle to save Lake Superior, the largest freshwater resource in America. As Eldred Corbine, a Bad River Tribal Elder declares: “We gotta protect it… die for it, if we have to.”

Called “a powerful chronicle” by Bill McKibben (writer for The New Yorker), profoundly moving” by film critic Liz Braun, “a 10 out of 10” by film critic Vincent Schilling, and “brilliant” by David Corn of Mother Jones, BAD RIVER has already had remarkable impact, launched with a theatrical run in 25 major markets across the country lasting about two months (nearly unheard of for an independent documentary film). “We haven’t seen lines out the door like this since Barbie,” said the manager of the Ashland Bay Cinema in Wisconsin, who also reported that BAD RIVER outperformed Dune, Kung Fu Panda, Ghostbusters and Godzilla on successive weekends. People also made great effort to see the film on the big screen, flying to nearby states where the film was showing, and driving upwards of 6 hours to the closest movie theater, all of which speak to the power of this project. Leonardo DiCaprio posted the film’s trailer, as did Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo, Jason Momoa, and Channing Tatum.

The film is executive produced by Mato Wayuhi (Reservation Dogs), Taylor Hensel (Reservation Dogs, Reciprocity Project), Victor Lopez-Carmen (former co-chair of the UN’s Indigenous Youth Caucus), Tracy Rector (Reciprocity Project), and Alec Sokolow (Toy Story), along with Arthur M. Blank, Tamia Hill, MC McCall, Bill Hudson, Bryan White, Chris White, Bill McNabb, Katie McNabb, Bruce Herring, Tricia Herring, Sue Wagner, and Jay Ruderman.

The film is currently streaming on Xfinity and on November 1, 2024, the film will debut on PEACOCK.

NOW streaming

also streaming on

coming to peacock on November 1st

SPECIAL EVENTS

50% OR MORE of all profits will be donated

to the Bad River Band

July 17

Mahnomen, MN

12th Annual National Native Harm Reduction Summit
Hosted by Remedy Alliance/For The People at the White Earth Reservation

JULY 29

Madison, WI

University of Wisconsin – Madison Research Education for Teachers Capstone Week
Hosted by UW – Madison

August 7

green bay, wi

Bureau of Indian Affairs Midwestern Conference with Native tribes from Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa
Hosted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Midwestern Regional Office

September 18

Milwaukee, WI

UWM Student Union
Hosted by The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Water Commons

October 13

Milwaukee, WI

Hosted by The First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee

December 6

Crandon, WI

Tribal Youth and Community Wellness Conference
Hosted by The Sokaogon Chippewa Community

MARCH 15 – APril 22

OPENED in select AMC Theatres

ASHLAND

Ashland Bay Cinema 6
420 Main Street West
Ashland, WI 54806