The Lesser Blessed (film)

[3] The film's cast also includes Chloe Rose, Kiowa Gordon, Benjamin Bratt, Dylan Cook and Tamara Podemski.

[5][6] The film follows a shy teenager living in a remote community in the Northwest Territories of Canada, while dealing with life as a high school student.

The film explores several teen-focused issues, such as alienation and the search for one's own identity, but in this case from the perspective of a Dogrib Indian who struggles between his Native ancestry and finding his place in to the modern world.

[7] In February 2013, Monterey Media brought the United States distribution rights from Entertainment One.

[9] The film was released in the United States on home entertainment (DVD and Video on Demand) on June 25, 2013.