Sweet Summer Pow Wow (2025)

Directed by

Darrell Dennis

Genre

romance, comedy

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young Indigenous adults meet and fall in love while traveling the summer pow wow circuit. They try to build a relationship as personal challenges threaten to pull them apart.

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What happens

Sweet Summer Pow Wow is a 2025 Canadian romantic drama film, directed by Darrell Dennis. The film stars Joshua Odjick and Tatyana Rose Baptiste as Riley and Jinny, a pair of Indigenous Canadian young adults who meet and fall in love on the summer pow wow circuit, and try to build a relationship amid the challenges in their lives that threaten to keep them apart. The cast also includes Graham Greene (in one of his final film appearances during his lifetime), Tanis Parenteau, Lisa C. Ravensbergen, Joel Montgrand, Taylor Kinequon, Trevor Carroll, Nick Dangeli and Tyler Peters in supporting roles. The film was shot in summer 2023, principally around Duncan, British Columbia. The film premiered at the 2025 Victoria Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Audience Favourite Feature award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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