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The Beauty of My People
197729 min 12 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alan Collins
Script: Gary George
Produced for the NFB by Nova Productions for the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
This title is an acquisition.
The film centres on Arthur Shilling, an Ojibwa artist from the Rama Reserve on Lake Couchiching, Ontario. Shilling's artistic evolution is traced, as is his move to Toronto and the difficulties he encountered there. Also discussed is the illness that caused Shilling to re-evaluate his artistic goals. Interviews with the artist and others interested in his paintings are juxtaposed with examples of paintings.
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Subject categories
- Visual Arts > Indigenous ArtOntarioPaintingPortraits
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > PortraitsVisual Arts and Architecture
- Indigenous Studies > ArtsIdentity/Society
- Health/Personal Development > Careers & EducationSubstance Use and Abuse/Addiction
Credits
- director
- Alan Collins
- writer
- Gary George
- narration
- Sherman Maness
- music
- Court Stone
- photography
- Dennis Miller
- Robert New
- Richard Wincente
- editor
- Alan Collins
- Ronald Sanders
- David Leach
- sound
- David Lee
- Aerlyn Weissman
- stills photographer
- Elizabeth Brewitt