''Stryker'' is a 2004 film by Noam Gonick about

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in North End Winnipeg,

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. The film follows a 14-year-old

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ist (Kyle Henry) who becomes involved in a turf war between the Indian Posse and the Asian Bomb Squad (a now-defunct Filipino gang). He is known only as Stryker, a

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term for a prospective gang member. Music for the film was composed by Karman Omeosoo of Team Rezofficial."Hobbema's award-winning hip-hop crew strikes again". ''

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'', 3 July 2005.

Plot

Running away from his reserve after burning down a church, 14-year-old Stryker (Kyle Henry) ends up in North End, Winnipeg. Becoming involved in a turf war, he is stuck between joining either the Indian Posse, led by an Indigenous lesbian named Mama Ceece ( Deena Fontaine), recently released from jail; or the Asian Bomb Squad, a Filipino gang headed by Omar ( Ryan Black), who is part-Indigenous.

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* * 2004 films Films shot in Winnipeg Films set in Winnipeg 2000s gang films Canadian crime drama films Canadian LGBTQ-related films 2004 LGBTQ-related films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Noam Gonick First Nations films Films about organized crime in Canada Crime in Manitoba Films about Filipino Canadians 2000s English-language films 2000s Canadian films English-language crime drama films LGBTQ-related crime drama films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub