40 Acres

Saturday, August 30 until Thursday, September 4, 2025Yukon Theatre

In a post-apocalyptic world with food scarcity, a Black family of Canadian farmers descended from American Civil War migrants defend their homestead against cannibals trying to seize their resources.

Hailey Freeman (Danielle Deadwyler) and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the first Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm against those hell-bent on taking their 40 acres.

Hailey is haunted by the murder of her father, a tragedy that has left her certain of three things: first, there’s only one person outside of the family she trusts, war vet Augusta Taylor (Elizabeth Saunders); second, never again will she allow anyone to take what’s hers; and third, alongside her Indigenous partner Galen (Michael Greyeyes), she will do anything to protect their family. On the cusp of manhood, Emmanuel (Kataem O’Connor) sneaks out to explore when he encounters a girl, Dawn Clever (Milcania Diaz-Rojas), from a distant property whose farm is still full of life.

With attacks on surrounding farms escalating, Emmanuel discovers Dawn, this time injured, and attempts to keep her hidden from his shoot-first-ask-questions-later mother. This sets the stage for an explosive clash between mother and son. With their birthright destabilized, they must come together as a family and take a stand against a ravenous militia hell bent on claiming their land. 40 Acres is a stunning, post-apocalyptic thriller that grapples with universal themes of xenophobia, fear, and generational trauma through a futuristic lens where trust no longer exists.

In English and Cree with English subtitles.

Recommended ages 16+ for explicit violence, gore, and frightening scenes.