How We Stand
2026 Canadian drama film
How We Stand is a Canadian drama film, directed by Marie Clements and released in 2026. The film tells the story of three Native American sisters from Oklahoma who traveled with their mother to Los Angeles in the 1960s as part of a relocation program aimed at "civilizing" Native Americans, but whose lives took very different paths after their mother was killed not long after their arrival.
The film stars Amber Midthunder, Cara Jade Myers and Alyssa Wapanatâhk, with its supporting cast including Isabel Deroy-Olson, Eric Johnson, Darren Mann, Gary Farmer and Gil Bellows.
01Production
The film entered production in 2025 in Vancouver and the Okanagan region of British Columbia, under the working title Tombs. It is an adaptation of her theatrical play Tombs of the Vanishing Indian.
02Distribution
The film premiered in the Centrepiece program at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.
03Critical response
For That Shelf, Sarah Gopaul wrote that "writer-director Marie Clements expertly intertwines the three stories, exposing each woman’s present-day betrayals by the system and the men in their lives. Even though they have different lifestyles, their personal pain and past trauma continues to affect them, too. Their distress draws them back to the last place they were all together and their bond transcends the distances that separate them."
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