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'Indian Road Trip' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Allan W. Hopkins and released in 2020.Alyssa Noel, [https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/must-reads/indian-road-trip-premieres-at-whistler-film-festival-where-it-all-started-3170055 "Indian Road Trip premieres at Whistler Film Festival, where it all started"]. 'Pique Newsmagazine', December 10, 2020. The film stars Ajuawak Kapashesit and Paul C. Grenier as Hank and Cody, two aimless young First Nations cousins in British Columbia who are planning a road trip to Vancouver's Wreck Beach, but after being caught in a petty crime they are forced to drive elder Hetta Yellow-Fly (Dale Hunter) to make peace with her estranged sister.[https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/entertainment/new-comedy-shot-near-merritt-streaming-as-part-of-whistler-film-festival-1.24255471 "New comedy shot near Merritt streaming as part of Whistler Film Festival"]. 'Kamloops This Week', December 15, 2020.

The cast also includes Evan Adams, Ross Munro, Nathan Alexis and Nathaniel Arcand.

A short version of the film was screened at the Whistler Film Festival in 2015, and was expanded into a feature film in 2016 after Hopkins was accepted into the festival's Screenwriters Lab.Alyssa Hirose, [https://www.vanmag.com/New-Film-Indian-Road-Trip-Is-a-Wacky-Adventure-from-the-Rez-to-Wreck-Beach "New Film "Indian Road Trip" Is a Wacky Adventure from the Rez to Wreck Beach"]. 'Vancouver Magazine', December 1, 2020. It was shot in the Merritt area in 2017; however, Hopkins' post-production funding fell through, and the film was left in limbo until he was able to secure new funding from the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.

The film premiered at Whistler in 2020, where Hopkins won the award for Best British Columbia Director and received an honorable mention for the Borsos Competition award for Best Screenplay.Craig Takeuchi, [https://www.straight.com/movies/whistler-film-festival-2020-award-winners-from-bcs-indian-road-trip-to-newfoundlands-little "Whistler Film Festival 2020 award winners: From B.C.'s Indian Road Trip to Newfoundland's Little Orphans"]. 'The Georgia Straight', December 21, 2020.

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