A Survival Thriller Rooted in Land & Lineage. 🤯🔥 Michael Greyeyes (michael_greyeyes) and Leenah Robinson (leenahrobinson) star in 40 Acres, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller directed by R.T. Thorne (directedbyrt). The film stars Danielle Deadwyler (danielledeadwyler) as a matriarch of descendants of African American farmers who settled in 1875 in rural Canada after the first Civil War. Two hundred years later, they are trying to survive in a decimated future. 🎬🌾 40 Acres premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2024 and was honored in TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list for the year. The film also screened at SXSW in March 2025 and is slated for release in Canadian theatres on July 4th. 🍿✨ Would you watch this? Should more films feature Black & Indigenous solidarity like this? Do you hope the film gets a U.S. release date?! 💭⤵️ (via mongrelmedia, directedbyrt) #40Acres #Thriller #MichaelGreyeyes