Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Accompanied by a 10,000-year-old shapeshifter and friend known as Sabe, Biidaaban sets out on a mission to reclaim the ceremonial harvesting of sap from maple trees in an unwelcoming suburban neighborhood in Ontario.

A startling blend of archival and contemporary imagery pays homage to Indigenous sovereignty and resistance in this film set to Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s inspired version of Willie Dunn’s classic song “I Pity the Country.”