>> ERIC: "ELECTRIC INDIAN," A TPT-PRODUCED DOCUMENTARY, LOOKS AT THE LIFE AND CAREER OF WARROAD HOCKEY LEGEND HENRY BOUCHA.

THE FILM HAS ITS BROADCAST PREMIERE NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 P.M. ON TPT'S MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE HISTORY SERIES.

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>> IT'S UNBELIEVABILITY THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN.

IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD.

I REMEMBER VIVIDLY THE SOUNDS OF SKATING ON FRESH ICE.

R. >> ENRICO TAKE THAT PUCK AND NOBODY COULD TOUCH HIM.

>> IT WAS FOR THE NATURES TO BE A KID IN WARROAD WITH SO MANY PLAYERS THAT WERE SO GOOD.

>> SINGS THE INCEPTION OF HOCKEY IN WARROAD, ONE OF THE NEAT MARRIAGES WAS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD A LOT OF NATIVES AND OUR NATIVES PLAY.

>> THEY TALK ABOUT THE GREAT WOULD NOT.

YOU DON'T TO HAVE SAY HENRY BOUCHA, YOU CAN JUST START WITH HENRY.

>> MAN, YOU JUST CAN'T GRAB THOSE EMOTIONS THAT YOU WOULD WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE PRIDE AND THE JOY.

>> WHEN HE WOULD GET THE PUCK, THE WHOLE CROWD WOULD STAND UP.

>> THOSE OF US WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH HOCKEY, ASPIRE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS HENRY GOT TO DO WITH HIS TALENT.

>> A PASS TO BOUCHA, ON THE RIGHT SIDE -- >> HENRY WAS REFERRED TO AS THE HECK -- HECK TRIP INDIAN BECAUSE HE WAS SO GOOD.

>> >> SOME PEOPLE HAVE THAT SPECIAL GIFT.

>> HE DOES DOWN AND SCORES!!

>> I REMEMBER THE DAYS, MY HEAD BAND ON, PUTTING THAT HEAD BAND ON FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WASN'T SURE, AND I THOUGHT, GOD, YOU KNOW, I'M GON' -- I'M AN AMERICAN INDIAN, IF I PUT THAT ON, PEOPLE WILL THINK I WENT ROGUE ON THEM OR SOMETHING.

JUST SO HAPPENS, TODAY, JANUARY 4, WE WERE PLAYING THE BOSTON BRUINS, ONE DAY FORBES HIT ME WITH A STICK.

>> BOUCHA'S PROMISING CAREER WAS OVER.

>> I WAS 23 WHEN IT HAPPENED.

>> IT JUST TOOK AWAY MY WILL.

>> HE WAS LOST, DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS GOING, WHAT HE WAS DOING.

>> IN THAT STATE OF DEPRESSION, SELF-PITY, I HATED HOCKEY.

>> YOU'RE GOING THROUGH HELD, JUST KEEP GOING, TRY O PERSEVERE.

I THINK IT IS BECAUSE THE POSITIVE CAN COME.

>> LET'S WELCOME HENRY TO THE ICE.

>> ERIC: JOINING US NOW, PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR OF "ELECTRIC INDIAN," TPT'S OWN LEYA HALE.

I'M GLAD THE TRAILER MENTIONED THAT YOU JUST SAY HENRY AND YOU KNOW IT'S HENRY BOUCHA, KIND OF SHARE ELVIS AND THAT KIND OF THING FOR HOCKEY FANS.

>> YES, WHEN I JUST SAY HENRY, EITHER HENRY OR THE LAST NAME, BOUCHA, EVERYONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHO HE WAS AND WHAT A GREAT HOCKEY ICON HE WAS.

>> Eric: HOW RICH WAS THE SUBJECT MATTER HERE FOR YOU?

>> VERY RICH.

HE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON.

HIS STORY WAS SO UPLIFTING AND I WAS VERY HONORED TO BE ASKED TO HELP HIM TELL HIS STORY.

>> Cathy: I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW NERVOUS YOU MAY HAVE BEEN WHEN YOU FIRST MET HIM.

>> YES, I WAS.

I ACTUALLY DIDN'T GROW UP HERE SO I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT HIS LEGACY UNTIL, YOU KNOW, I DID THE RESEARCH AND REALLY FELL IN OVE WITH HIS STORY AND JUST WHO HE WAS AS A PERSON, SO DEFINITELY I COME TO GROW -- I'VE GROWN TO LOVE HIM, WHO HE WAS.

>> Cathy: I'M WONDERING, I DID NOT KNOW UNTIL I SAW THE FILM THAT HE WAS HURT, THAT HORRIBLE ITUATION OCCURRED ON THE ICE WHEN HE WAS ONLY 23 YEARS OLD.

OH, MY GOSH.

HE DIDN'T SEEM LIKE HE WAS IN LATER YEARS BITTER ABOUT IT, OR WAS HE?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT?

I ACTUALLY LEARNED AFTER THE PREMIER IN WARROAD FROM HIS YOUNG YES DAUGHTER THAT HE ACTUALLY MET DAVE FORBES AND I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, AND SHE DESCRIBED THAT HE WAS SO KIND TO HIM AND HE GAVE HIM A BIG HUG, SO TO ME, THAT JUST BLUE ME AWAY, JUST HOW HE NEVER -- HE DIDN'T SEEM TO HOLD A GRUDGE, YOU KNOW, AND JUST A VERY LOVING PERSON SO IT WAS JUST AWESOME TO HEAR THAT STORY.

>> Eric: AND HE CONTACTED YOU, APPARENTLY.

>> YES.

>> Eric: HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?

>> I ACTUALLY WAS CONTACTED BY HIS LAWYER, THIS WAS EARLY 2018 AND HIS LAWYER AT THE TIME WAS TRYING TO HELP HIM GET THE FILM STARTED, AND IT WAS REALLY FUNNY BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST TALKED TO HIM AND WE AGREED TO MEET, AND I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS, AND LATER, AFTER WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, JUST THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT, I ASKED HIM, SO HOW DID YOU GET IN -- HOW DID YOU KNOW ABOUT ME AND THE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN DOING?

WHAT FILM DID YOU SEE?

AND HE GOES, I SEEN YOU IN A COMMERCIAL.

[Laughter] AND HE WAS REFERRING TO THE TPT BEHIND THE SEASONS WHERE WE HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PRODUCERS.

>> Eric: OH, I SEE.

>> SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW HE LEARNED ABOUT ME.

>> Cathy: I HOPE HE GOT TO SEE THE FILM BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY.

>> YES, HE DID.

HE WAS VERY MUCH A COLLABORATOR OF MINE.

WE LISTED HIM AS A PRODUCER, AS WELL, BECAUSE I DEFINITELY GAVE HIM OPPORTUNITIES TO REVIEW ROUGH CUTS ALONG THE WAY AND ONE OF HIS LAST MESSAGES THAT WE EXCHANGED WAS, HE SAYS, I REALLY LIKE THIS ONE, TALKING ABOUT THE LATEST ROUGH CUT AND HE'S ALL, WHAT'S NEXT.

SO IT WAS AMAZING TO HEAR THAT, THAT HE WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NEXT TO COME, I'M -- LET'S GETS GOING WITH THIS.

>> Eric: WHEN YOU TALKED TO CATHY ON PUBLIC RADIO, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MUSIC.

TALK ABOUT THAT A ITTLE BIT.

>> YES, SO THE ENTIRE MUSIC IS BY THE AWESOME OJIBWE ARTIST, KEITH SUPOLA.

SO I WANTED TO FOCUS ON BRINGING IN OJIBWE TENANT, ANISHINAABE TALENT BECAUSE I WAS TELLING AN ANISHINAABE STORY, AND I'M NOT, I COME FROM THE DAKOTA PEOPLE AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS GETTING THE RIGHT ARTIST ON BOARD TO HELP ME TELL THE STORY SO HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON THAT POPPED IN MY MIND AND I SHARED THIS IDEA WITH HENRY AND HE WAS, LIKE, RIGHT ON, I LOVE HIM, AND THEN KEITH SUKOLA HIMSELF WAS REALLY HONORED AND REALLY WANTING TO BE A PART OF THE COLLABORATION AND IT'S JUST AWESOME SOUND TRACK.

>> Cathy: YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB, HONESTLY, JUST A REALLY EXCELLENT FILM O CONGRATULATIONS.

>> Eric: TUESDAY, 8:00 ON TPT.

GOOD LUC