Boil Alert

2023 film by Stevie Salas and James Burns

Stevie Salas
James Burns

Story by

Stevie Salas
James Burns

Produced byStevie SalasStarring

Layla Staats
Autumn Peltier
Jessica Matten
Santee Smith
Michelle Thrush

Narrated byZoe HopkinsEdited by

Dalton Price
James Burns

Music byFound Objects

Production
companies

Seeing Red 6Nations
Utopia

Release date

September 15, 2023 (2023-09-15) (TIFF)

Running time

104 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish

Boil Alert is a 2023 Canadian documentary film, directed by Stevie Salas and James Burns.^[1] The film profiles artist and activist Layla Staats, as she investigates and campaigns around issues of unsafe and unclean water supply in indigenous communities in both Canada and the United States.^[2]

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 15, 2023.^[2]

Cast

Layla Staats
Autumn Peltier
Jessica Matten
Santee Smith
Michelle Thrush

References

^ Pat Mullen, "Mr. Dressup, Fred Wiseman Lead TIFF Docs Line-Up". Point of View, July 26, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Documentaries on Mr. Dressup, anti-Black racism, Louis C.K. accusers head to TIFF". The Globe and Mail, July 26, 2023.