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The Seventh Fire is a 2015 documentary film directed by Jack Riccobono about the gang crisis affecting the Ojibwe Native American community on the White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota. The film was Executive Produced by Terrence Malick, Natalie Portman, and Chris Eyre.

Synopsis
When Rob Brown, a Native American gang leader on a remote Minnesota reservation, is sentenced to prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved Ojibwe community. As Rob reckons with his past, his seventeen-year-old protégé, Kevin, dreams of the future: becoming the most powerful and feared Native gangster on the reservation.

Release
The film premiered at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival.

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