The Seventh Fire

The Seventh Fire (2015)

When gang leader Rob Brown is sentenced to prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved American Indian community in northern Minnesota. As Rob reckons with his past, his seventeen-year-old protégé, Kevin, dreams of the future: becoming the most powerful and feared Native gangster on the reservation.

Data lansării
2015-02-07
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (9)
Durată
1 h 18 min
Genuri
Documentar
Regizor
Jack Pettibone Riccobono

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The Seventh Fire is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Jack Pettibone Riccobono. The film was presented by executive producer Terrence Malick. The film follows Rob Brown, a Native American gang leader, and his 17-year old protege, Kevin Fineday Jr., on the White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota.

Production

Director Jack Riccobono first went to the White Earth Indian Reservation in 2006 while working on a short documentary. In 2010, Riccobono returned to the reservation to find someone to talk to about the issue of gang culture migrating from jails and inner cities to isolated native communities, it was on this trip that Riccobono met one of the subjects of the film, Rob Brown.

Shooting for the film began in January 2011. The film required 14 shoots over two and a half years to complete.

Native American filmmaker Chris Eyre joined the production as an executive producer in 2012 when the film was 25% completed with production. Natalie Portman signed on in 2013 and Terrence Malick joined in 2014.

Composer Nicholas Britell began work on the score early in production. A long time collaborator of director Jack Riccobono, the two revisited the music over the three years of production and post. The soundtrack also features tracks by Native rappers Chase Manhattan and Tall Paul, and was released on iTunes on July 22, 2016.

In May 2014, Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) selected The Seventh Fire for its Independent Filmmaker Labs, an annual yearlong fellowship for first-time feature directors.

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