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Inconvenient Indian
20201 h 28 min 54 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Michelle Latimer
Production: Stuart Henderson (90th Parallel Film Productions Ltd.)Justine Pimlott (National Film Board of Canada)Jesse WenteGordon Henderson (90th Parallel Film Productions Ltd.)Anita Lee (National Film Board of Canada)Randy Lennox (Crave (Bell Media))Rita Kotzia (90th Parallel Film Productions Ltd.)
Script: Michelle Latimer
A 90th Parallel Productions Ltd and National Film Board of Canada co-production.
Inconvenient Indian dives deep into the brilliant mind of Thomas King, Indigenous intellectual, master storyteller, and author of the bestselling book The Inconvenient Indian, to shatter the misconception that history is anything more than stories we tell about the past. With winks to his cab driver Coyote along the way, King takes us on a critical journey through the colonial narratives of North America. He eloquently exposes the falsehoods of white supremacy and deftly punctures myths of Indigenous erasure to lay bare what has been extracted from the land, culture, and peoples of Turtle Island. In this time of momentous change and essential re-examination, Inconvenient Indian is a powerful visual poem anchored in the land and amplified by the voices of those who continue the tradition of Indigenous resistance. Artist activists, land protectors, hunters, and those leading cultural revitalization powerfully subvert the “inconvenience” of their existence, creating an essential new narrative and a possible path forward for us all.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > HistoryMedia and CommunicationRights and Land Claims
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > HistoryLand Claims and Rights
- History - Canada > Indigenous Peoples
- Indigenous Studies > ArtsHistory/PoliticsIdentity/Society
Credits
- featuring
- Thomas King
- Gail Maurice
- Miss Chief Eagle Testickle
- Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
- Steven Lonsdale
- Nyla Innuksuk
- A Tribe Called Red
- Skawennati
- Jason Edward Lewis
- Kent Monkman
- Carman Tozer
- Christi Belcourt
- director
- Michelle Latimer
- writer
- Michelle Latimer
- inspired by the book
- Thomas King
- producer
- Stuart Henderson
- Justine Pimlott
- Jesse Wente
- executive producer
- Gordon Henderson
- Anita Lee
- Randy Lennox
- editor
- Katie Chipperfield
- original score
- Brennan Mercer
- sound design
- Brennan Mercer
- director of photography
- Chris Romeike
- narrator
- Thomas King
- line production
- Catie Lamer
- production manager
- Susanne Cuffe
- associate producer
- Rita Kotzia
- production designer
- Andrew Berry
- costume designer
- Adriana Fulop
- sound recordist
- Jason Milligan
- additional photography
- Tess Girard
- researcher
- Martha Troian
- Clayton Windatt
- visual researcher
- Stefanie McCarrol
- Gina Cali
- Margaret McCaw
- assistant camera
- Marianne Margaret Angotti
- Mark Aspland
- Scott Burton
- Joshua MacDonald
- Paul Raymond
- Matthew Veen
- production assistant
- Louise BigEagle
- Victoria Anderson Gardner
- Jordan Kelly
- Caitlyn Pantherbone
- makeup artist
- Nicole Pilon
- gaffer
- Edwin Lau
- key grip
- Edwin Lau
- grip
- Quintin Martin
- additional sound recordist
- Scott Brachmayer
- Ryan Cox
- Peter Sawade
- Adam White
- drone operator
- Scott Burton
- Justin Deegan
- Joshua MacDonald
- 1st assistant director
- Terry Mialkowsky
- mask designer
- Anne Barber
- Brad Harley
- re-enactment actor
- Jim Real Bird
- Sacree Real Bird
- Tyon Deputie
- Johnny Fighter
- Milo Paz
- Tytus Takesenemy
- Gail Maurice
- Shih-Ming Yao
- Brandon Oakes
- Lenny James Anderson
- Annie Akavak
- Gwen Beaver
- Cody Berry
- Kali Bomberry
- Carly Rose Brascoupé
- Patricia Chrisjohn
- Aaron Clause
- Colton Clause
- Leighla Desjarlais
- Jocelyn Kagige
- Benjamin Kicknosway
- Clayton Paul Longboat
- Juanita MacLeod
- Tristan Martell
- Brenda MacIntyre
- Jazz Moise
- Lance Morrison
- Evelyn Pakinewatik
- Keelan Patriquin
- Jacob Peltier-Henry
- Trip Carlos Phoenix
- Lena Recollet
- Nellie Redsky
- Glen Reid
- Tonjha Richardson
- Bernard Robinson
- Megan Ross
- Michelle Roy
- Cileena Sandy
- Michaella Shannon
- Rosary Spence
- Kayla Sutherland
- Kawiah Serena Tunti Tunti
- Heather Clear Wind
- post-production supervisor
- Amy Karrandjas
- assistant editor
- Benjamin Salman
- Shelley Maclean
- Chris Matheson
- post sound services
- SIM Post Toronto
- supervising sound editor
- Jane Tattersall
- supervising dialogue editor
- Krystin Hunter
- sound effects
- Brennan Mercer
- music editor
- Brennan Mercer
- foley editor
- Angelica Michel Escobar
- re-recording mixer
- Joe Morrow
- assistant re-recording mixer
- Jesse Fellows
- project coordinator
- Louise Finn
- post production picture facility
- Redlab Digital
- colourist
- AJ McLauchlin
- online editor
- Adam Gagnon
- DI producer
- Chris Limisis
- lab technician
- Jose Arturo Torres Salina
- opening visual effects
- Rocket Science VFX
- VFX supervisor
- Tom Plaskett
- VFX producer
- Lara Osland
- studio operations manager
- Mark Wilson
- studio administrator
- Patricia Bourgeois
- Stefanie Brantner
- production supervisor
- Marcus Matyas
- production coordinator
- Andrew Martin-Smith
- technical coordinator
- Kevin Riley
- marketing manager
- Kelly Fox
- publicist
- Jennifer Mair
- production insurance
- Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc.
- legal counsel
- Willa Marcus
- artwork
- Cheyenne Randall
- music clearance research
- Javiera Quintana
- executive in charge of production
- Robin Johnston
- Michele McMahon
- Bell Media
- Alison Rheaume
- APTN representative
- Monika Ille
- Sky Bridges
- Danielle Audette
- Shelley MacDougall
- Nadia Burnstick
Awards
- National Competition Grand PrizeRencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
- Magnus Isacsson AwardRencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
- Most Popular Canadian DocumentaryInternational Film Festival
- People’s Choice Documentary AwardInternational Film Festival
- Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature FilmInternational Film Festival