ComingSoon is excited to debut an exclusive trailer for On Sacred Ground, the David Arquette-led environmental drama film from directors Rebecca and Josh Tickell. The film is set to premiere in select theaters and through video-on-demand on January 13, 2023, following its world premiere at Red Nation International Film Festival on November 12. The drama tackles the real-life Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
“I learned a valuable lesson about fighting for what you believe in by working on On Sacred Ground,” Arquette told ComingSoon about the role. “The insight the film brought me about Standing Rock, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and broken treaties really opened my eyes to what we need to protect.”
Check out the exclusive On Sacred Ground trailer below:
“The film follows Dan (Mapother), a war vet journalist who suffers from PTSD, during what becomes the spiritual transformation of a lifetime,” reads the film’s synopsis. “Dan is hired to go to North Dakota and cover a confrontation around an oil pipeline that is being built at the Standing Rock Native American Reservation. Dan soon finds himself in between two worlds: the world of the pipeline company and the world of the indigenous people whose land the pipeline crosses. As the confrontation builds and battle lines are drawn, Dan is forced to make a series of impossible choices that will alter his life and the future of America itself.”
On Sacred Ground is directed by Rebecca and Josh Tickell. It stars William Mapother, Arquette, Amy Smart, Mariel Hemingway, David Arquette, and Frances Fisher.
