Slash/Back
(Nyla Innuksuk, 2022, 86 min, Canada, Digital)
First Nations Film & Video Festival
The debut feature from Iqaluit-raised director Nyla Innuksuk, Slash/Back packs a vivid and thrilling punch, as a girl gang in Pangnirtung, Nunavut is left to fight off a supernatural apocalypse. Employing strategies from their favorite horror movies, weapons from their kitchens, and power from their friends, the girls must battle a mysterious alien force to save their home. Slash/Back presents a promising young cast and a vibrant portrait of resilience, friendship, and what it means to fight for community.
“Thanks to the breezy chemistry between its largely Inuit cast, Slash/Back has an endearing charm that is hard to resist.” – Phuong Le, The Guardian
“Slash/Back seems bound to find a cult following, but it will mean the most to Inuit audiences, for whom standing up to invaders is more than just another genre-movie cliché. – Peter Debruge, Variety
