Night Raiders story

movie: Night Raiders (2021) · 2021-03

Night Raiders is a 2021 Canadian-New Zealand science fiction apocalyptic film written and directed by Danis Goulet. The film stars Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Alex Tarrant, Amanda Plummer and Violet Nelson. Synopsis: Set in a dystopian version of North America in the year 2044, a woman joins an underground band of dissidents to the military government in order to save her daughter.

11 total · 6 major · 4 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
abandonment	major	The government manipulated young Waseese into thinking that she'd been abandoned by her mother. Waseese felt torn between her mother and the state she'd been indoctrinated to revere as a result.
government indoctrination	major	Young Waseese was taken to a military training academy where she, and all the other youths there, were blatantly indoctrinated to be unquestioningly loyal to the state.
indoctrination of the young	major	Young Waseese was taken to a military training academy where she, and all the other youths there, were blatantly indoctrinated to be unquestioningly loyal to the state.
military dictatorship	major	The region of North America in which the film is set was being run by an oppressive, youth indoctrinating military regime.
mother and daughter	major	The story follows Niska as she works to get her young daughter out from a military government run academy.
post-apocalyptic dystopia	major	The film is set in a post-catastrophic-war version of North America in the year 2044. People lived hand-to-mount under the thumb of an oppressive military regime.
coping with the death of someone	minor	Niska was shaken by the sight of the dead body of a casual acquaintance.
matricide	minor	An indoctrinated young soldier shot dead his criminal mother without a second thought.
mother and son	minor	Roberta was shot dead in cold blood by her hopelessly indoctrinated son.
patriotism	minor	Waseese pledged to "give herself to her country completely".