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Oct 19, 2026
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Cody Lightning brings hockey, community and raw storytelling to the silver screen with ‘Smudge the Blades’
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By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News For Cody Lightning, Smudge the Blades is more than a hockey film. It draws on the young players he coached, the Northern Alberta communities he knows, his family’s filmmaking history and the experiences that brought him back to storytelling. The filmmaker, actor and hockey coach brought his second feature to the Toronto International Film Festival, where Smudge the Blades had its world premiere on Sept. 12 as part of the festival’s Centrepiece programme. On Sept.…
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