The Great Salish Heist is a 2024 Canadian comedy heist film, directed by Darrell Dennis.Courtney Dickson, "New Indigenous heist movie focuses on repatriation of belongings". CBC News British Columbia, February 13, 2024. The film stars Dennis as Steve Joe, an Indigenous Canadian archaeologist who embarks on a quest to steal back indigenous artifacts from a museum and repatriate them back to their rightful owners.Dana Gee, "The Great Salish Heist takes repatriation efforts to creative and criminal lengths". Vancouver Sun, April 10, 2024.
The cast also includes Ashley Callingbull, Leslie D. Bland, Judah Burns, Danica Charlie, Katya Gardner, Graham Greene, Tricia Helfer, Trevor Hinton, Harold Joe, Taylor Kinequon, Craig Lauzon, Wayne Lavallee, Tchadas Leo, David James Lewis, Sam Lowry and Andrea Menard in supporting roles.
The film was shot in fall 2022 on Vancouver Island.Andreas Wiseman, "Graham Greene, Darrell Dennis, Tricia Helfer & Ashley Callingbull Star In Comedy ‘The Great Salish Heist’, Filming Underway". Deadline Hollywood, September 23, 2022.
The film premiered on February 9, 2024, at the Victoria Film Festival. It subsequently had various theatrical and film festival screenings in other Vancouver Island communities,Don Bodger, "The Great Salish Heist highlights Chemainus Theatre film festival". Comox Valley Record, March 6, 2024. and at the VIFF Centre,Vicki Duong, "You Nearly Missed: First-ever Indigenous heist movie “The Great Salish Heist” has its Vancouver premiere". The Georgia Straight, April 17, 2024. as well as selected screenings across Canada on National Indigenous Peoples Day in June.Liz Braun, "The Great Salish Heist: Comedy with a Message of Indigenous Artifact Repatriation". Original Cin, June 19, 2024.
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