Filmmaker Shannon Kring and Academy Award-winning actor and producer Leonardo DiCaprio are working together on the upcoming documentary “Nine Little Indians,” which tells the horrific tale of abuse at a boarding school for Native American children in the United States. The documentary, which is presently in post-production, chronicles the Charbonneau sisters’ and their childhood classmates’ nearly two-decade-long court battle against the horrifying abuse they suffered at St. Paul’s Indian Mission School in South Dakota. The movie will follow their battle to hold the Catholic Church responsible for the horrible atrocities they endured, according to Deadline.
The documentary is being produced by Terra Mater Studios, Red Queen Media, and DiCaprio’s production business, Appian Way. Two former nuns at the school and the abbot who oversaw a number of the priests charged with rape and murder are interviewed for the movie.Filmmaker Kring, who is well-known for her documentary “End Of The Line: The Women Of Standing Rock,” started the project in 2016 after being asked by tribal members to capture the finding of missing children’s skeletal remains at the school.
The documentary’s goal, according to Deadline, is to reveal the sinister past of American Indian boarding schools, which were founded in an effort to “civilize” Native American youngsters into Anglo-American society. The facilities have been connected to multiple rapes, murders, and abuse incidents. Alongside DiCaprio and other well-known producers, author and public speaker Tony Robbins has joined the project as an executive producer.
