Slash/Back (FREE TRuth & Reconciliation Day Screening)

Join us at the Rio Theatre for a FREE (!) Truth & Reconciliation Day screening of Inuk filmmaker Nyla Innuksuk’s 2022 alien-invasion horror thriller SLASH/BACK. Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean, SLASH/BACK opens as the village wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well… except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards when they discover an alien invasion threatening their hometown. These teenagers have been underestimated their whole lives but, using makeshift weapons and their horror movie knowledge, they show the aliens you don’t f*** with the girls from Pang. With Melissa Hood, Tasiana Shirley, and Alexis Wolfe. “There are lots of genre movies like this. None are this one.” (Los Angeles Times) “Slash/Back… announces the arrival of a major talent in Innuksuk. Here is hoping that she gets to kill bigger and better Canadian actors for many years to come.” (Globe and Mail) Wednesday, September 30 Doors 9:00 pm | Movie 9:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time. SLASH/BACK (Nyla Innuksuk, 2022 / 14A / 87 mins / English & Inuk w.EST) Set in a remote Arctic community, the film follows a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.