Boil Alert(2025)

1h 44m
- Documentary

Release Date: Dec 5, 2025 | Limited

Activist Layla Staats shows the faces and personal stories behind the struggle of First Nations reserves to receive a basic human right: drinkable water.

Releases

Original Release | Dec 5, 2025

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Box Office Results

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Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$2,485
Total US & Canada:
$3,085
Total Worldwide:
$3,085

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Director & Top Cast

James Burns
Director

Stevie Salas
Director

Jessica Matten
Self

Autumn Peltier
Self

Santee Smith
Self

Layla Staats
Self

Michelle Thrush

Self

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States,Canada

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

Activist Layla Staats shows the faces and personal stories behind the struggle of First Nations reserves to receive a basic human right: drinkable water.

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Fun Facts

Directors Stevie Salas & James Burns drove a borrowed pick-up for 9,000 km, sometimes boiling their own water on set because the tap was unsafe—exactly the point they were documenting.