Nine of the ten young men chosen for the 1967 Pan Am Games torch run were from residential schools. Niigaanibatowaad is about the segregation of the Aboriginal athletes and the despair and abuse suffered in the school system. This program is a story of survival, hope, reconciliation and a dream for a new beginning that transcends hatred and racism.

In English and Ojibway with English subtitles. Based on the play FrontRunners by Laura Robinson.