Spirit to Soar is a 2021 Canadian documentary film, directed by Tanya Talaga and Michelle Derosier."Tanya Talaga explores racism in Thunder Bay and her own Indigenous roots in Spirit To Soar". As It Happens, May 3, 2021. A followup to Talaga's award-winning 2017 book Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City, the film updates the story of the deaths of several indigenous teenagers in Thunder Bay, Ontario,Victoria Ahearn, "Tanya Talaga doc ‘Spirit to Soar’ details ongoing colonial oppression in Canada". Toronto Star, April 28, 2021. centring in part on the effects of their deaths on surviving family members.Kelly Boutsalis, "Tanya Talaga’s spirit soars with first documentary". Point of View, April 28, 2021.
The film premiered at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,"Tanya Talaga explores racism in Thunder Bay and her own Indigenous roots in Spirit To Soar". As It Happens, May 3, 2021. where it won the Audience Award in the mid-length film category.Jillian Morgan, "Hot Docs ’21: “Zo reken”, “Ostrov – Lost Island” take awards". RealScreen, May 10, 2021. It was subsequently acquired for theatrical distribution by Blue Ant Media.Kelly Townsend, "Blue Ant Int’l acquires Tanya Talaga’s Spirit to Soar". Playback, August 9, 2021.
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