‘Ceremony,’ doc about Nuxalk fight for ancestral lands, to stream on Netflix
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Netflix has acquired the Canadian rights to an award-winning documentary about a First Nation’s fight for their ancestral lands.
The company says “Ceremony,” which premiered at South by Southwest in March, will be available to stream next year.
The film, which was directed and produced by Banchi Hanuse, examines the disappearance of the ooligan — a small fish also known as candlefish — from Nuxalk territory 26 years ago.
It draws a line from the vanishing of the fish back to a land claim filed at the same time smallpox was introduced to the First Nation.
In a press release, Hanuse says it took her 12 years to tell the story properly, and soon the Canadian people will be able to hear it for the first time.
The film won the Documentary Spotlight Audience Award at SXSW, a jury prize for a Canadian feature documentary at Hot Docs and the First Nations Award at the Sydney Film Festival.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 2, 2026.