8.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama • 2026 • 87 min
Nika & Madison (2026)
Nika & Madison (2026)
Overview
Nika & Madison is a drama about two Indigenous friends, Nika (Ellyn Jade) and Madison (Star Slade), who go on the run after a violent confrontation with a police officer. Directed by Eva Thomas in her debut feature, the film premiered at TIFF 2025.
Starring Cast
Ellyn Jade • Star Slade • Shawn Doyle
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
8.6
Overview
Nika & Madison is a drama about two Indigenous friends, Nika (Ellyn Jade) and Madison (Star Slade), who go on the run after a violent confrontation with a police officer. Directed by Eva Thomas in her debut feature, the film premiered at TIFF 2025.
Starring Cast
Ellyn Jade • Star Slade • Shawn Doyle
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium
The film's core conflict involves police violence against Indigenous women, highlighting systemic failures in protecting marginalized communities. Friendship and defiance serve as the narrative's response, underscoring progressive values of social justice over institutional trust.
Diversity: High
Confidence: Medium
Casting Indigenous actresses as leads in an adaptation of a traditionally white-centered story underscores explicit diversity efforts. The narrative centers on systemic biases and colonial critiques, framing authority figures negatively to highlight Indigenous experiences.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium
The film depicts family via the protagonists' cousin relationship and return to their Indigenous reserve community, where belonging and identity are explored amid strained ties. This neutral framing prioritizes their personal bond and resilience without endorsing or critiquing traditional family norms.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low
The film features no LGBTQ+ characters or themes, centering instead on the experiences of Indigenous women facing police violence and injustice.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The story revolves around the bond between two Indigenous friends fleeing injustice, highlighting their agency and solidarity against external prejudices in a road-trip thriller format.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
Nika & Madison presents an original story of two Indigenous women navigating a crisis with police, with no adaptations of prior source material or recasting of legacy characters that involve gender changes.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
Nika & Madison presents original characters Nika and Madison as Indigenous women, portrayed by actors Ellyn Jade and Star Slade, both of Indigenous descent, without any prior canonical racial depictions to alter.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
N/A
Critic Ratings
10.0
N/A
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