How We Stand
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Tombs weaves together the triangular story points of three Oklahoma sisters and their mother who travel to Los Angeles as a part of a relocation program in the 1950s that gave Native Americans the opportunity to become “civilized” by getting jobs in urban centres. When they arrive, they begin to understand that like many east-to-west dreams, the reality is not the new beginning they sought. Abandoned by government policy and in acute poverty, they begin to search for their own, finding home in “the tombs” – the cemented riverways of LA. It is here a young mother is killed, and the lives of her children separate down three very different paths that emerge in 1970s Los Angeles – weaving together one telling, one flood.
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Amber Midthunder
Known for
Prey
Legion
Cara Jade Myers
Known for
Killers of the Flower Moon
Icefall
Alyssa Wapanatâhk
Known for
Little House on the Prairie
Peter Pan & Wendy
Isabel DeRoy-Olson
Known for
Three Pines
IT: Welcome to Derry
Eric Johnson
Known for
Fifty Shades Freed
Vikings
Darren Mann
Known for
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
1923
Gary Farmer
Known for
Resident Alien
Dead Man
Gil Bellows
Known for
The Shawshank Redemption
Chucky
Marie Clements Director · Wayne Lavallee Composer Adam Madrzyk Cinematographer
First release September 13, 2026 · Produced in United States · Production Myriad Pictures, Téléfilm Canada
Production
Photon Films & Media
Production
Myriad Pictures
Production
Téléfilm Canada
Production
Indigenous Screen Office | Bureau de l'écran autochtone
Production
Creative BC
Production
The Harold Greenberg Fund
Production
Film Incentive B.C.
Production
Government of Canada
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 13, 2026
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
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