Stryker is a 2004 film by Noam Gonick about gang violence in North End Winnipeg, Manitoba."Sad issues and a sadder film". Toronto Star, 22 July 2005.
The film follows a 14-year-old arsonist (Kyle Henry) who becomes involved in a turf war between the Indian Posse and the Asian Bomb Squad (a now-defunct Filipino gang). He is known only as Stryker, a slang term for a prospective gang member.
Music for the film was composed by Karman Omeosoo of Team Rezofficial."Hobbema's award-winning hip-hop crew strikes again". Edmonton Journal, 3 July 2005.
Plot Running away from his reserve after burning down a church, 14-year-old Stryker (Kyle Henry) ends up in North End, Winnipeg.
Becoming involved in a turf war, he is stuck between joining either the Indian Posse, led by an Indigenous lesbian named Mama Ceece (Deena Fontaine), recently released from jail; or the Asian Bomb Squad, a Filipino gang headed by Omar (Ryan Black), who is part-Indigenous.
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