I t used to be zombies we were afraid of; now, rightwing secessionists are the big bad – zombies of a different order, you might say. They are the antagonists in this low-budget but well-performed survival drama from Canada , which posits escalating clashes between environmentalists and a neo-Nazi militia calling itself the United Conservancy (UC) that has formed a breakaway state somewhere along the north-eastern seaboard of North America. Ordinary citizens who just want to survive and don’t want to make America great again are compelled to huddle together in rural isolation.

It’s in one such cell that we meet sisters Nia (Jasmine Mathews) and Penny (Vinessa Antoine), who are living with a diverse assortment of other decent folk. In their cottage-core accommodation, the group live off

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