Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta Native News For Cody Lightning, Smudge the Blades is more than a hockey film. It draws on the young players he coached, the Northern Alberta ...

More than 20 years after the release of Smoke Signals, Chris Eyre’s 1998 film that changed cinema and its representation of Indigeneity, actor Cody Lightning moves back to his reservation in Northern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cody Lightning, director of "Smudge the Blades," took home the Best Canadian Discovery prize for a first- or second-time director ...

Veteran actor Cody Lightning says the idea for his directorial debut, Hey, Viktor!, had been brewing for a really long time. Despite having dozens of acting credits to his name, Lightning is — or at ...

Q21:45Cody Lightning: From being a child actor in Smoke Signals to making a spinoff mockumentary about it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indigenous director Cody Lightning is shown on the set of Smudge the Blades, in Edmonton on April 24, 2025. Cody Lightning is far ...

Twenty-five years after playing Little Victor in the 1998 coming-of-age drama “Smoke Signals,” Cody Lightning is all grown up and back with his directorial debut. It's a mockumentary, titled “Hey, ...

POCATELLO — Cody Lightning is gaining momentum in film and television, and the movie that gave a boost to his recent surge, “Hey Viktor!,” will be featured at the upcoming Spark of Madness Film ...

Cody Lightning is headlining the EIFF with his film Smudge the Blades, but says it's bittersweet after the recent death of his mother. Nahreman Issa reports.