石油ブームに沸く20世紀初頭のカリフォルニア。鉱山労働者のプレインビューは、石油が沸く源泉があるという情報を耳にする。息子とともに石油採掘事業に乗り出したプレインビューは、異様なまでの欲望で富と権力を手にしていく。

雪に覆われた田舎町ビーバーフィールドに赴任した森林警備員フィンは、町に1軒だけの小さなホテルに滞在し、郵便配達員セシリーの案内で変わり者ぞろいの住人たちに挨拶して回る。翌朝、農場を営むトリッシュが、何者かに殺された愛犬を抱えてホテルに駆け込んでくる。他の住人たちも様子をうかがいにホテルに集まってくる中、今度はホテルオーナーであるジャニーンの夫が死体となって発見される。その死体には喰いちぎられた跡と、人間のものではない毛が付着していた。警察に通報しようとするフィンだったが、猛吹雪により道路は封鎖、しかも町の発電機はすべて破壊されていた。

A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.

Wisconsin's tribe's ongoing fight to protect Lake Superior for future generations. "Bad River" shows the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's long history of activism and resistance in the context of continuing legal battles with Enbridge Energy over its Line 5 oil pipeline. The Line 5 pipeline has been operating on 12 miles of the Bad River Band's land with expired easements for more than a decade. The Band and the Canadian company have been locked in a legal battle over the pipeline since 2019.

The “Prophecy of the 7th Fire” says a “black snake” will bring destruction to the earth. For Winona LaDuke, the “black snake” is oil trains and pipelines. When she learns that Canadian-owned Enbridge plans to route a new pipeline through her tribe’s 1855 Treaty land, she and her community spring into action to save the sacred wild rice lakes and preserve their traditional indigenous way of life. Launching an annual spiritual horse ride along the proposed pipeline route, speaking at community meetings and regulatory hearings. Winona testifies that the pipeline route follows one of historical and present-day trauma. The tribe participates in the pipeline permitting process, asserting their treaty rights to protect their natural resources. LaDuke joins with her tribe and others to demand that the pipelines’ impact on tribal people’s resources be considered in the permitting process.