Bad River

“We gotta protect it… die for it, if we have to.” — Eldred Corbine, Bad River Tribal Elder

This documentary sheds light on the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band’s ongoing legal battle against Canadian oil giant Enbridge Energy.

Placed on the reservation without the tribe’s consent in 1953, Line 5 has for decades posed an imminent threat to the Bad River Reservation, the Great Lakes ecosystem, and surrounding wildlife and communities.

The film chronicles the tribe’s legacy of resilience in protecting their lands, while also examining centuries of broken treaties, land seizure, and the abuses of Indian boarding schools.

Narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse and Academy Award–nominee Edward Norton.