NFB Collection
John Cat
198423 min 48 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Wolf Koenig
Production: Michael MacMillanSeaton McLeanJanice PlattAndy ThomsonRobert Verrall
Script: Wolf Koenig
Co-produced by Atlantis Films Limited and the NFB with the participation of Telefilm Canada and the Global Television Network.
During a brief stop in a small western town, two young Indigenous men rescue a fellow Indigenous man who was beaten in a tavern brawl. The following day, however, John Cat prevents his rescuers from helping an Indigenous boy they find injured by the roadside, arguing that the police will accuse them of having hurt the boy. Based on a story by W.P. Kinsella, the film is about prejudice and about a conflict between helping someone and protecting one's own interests.
Subject categories
- Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary Works
- Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary WorksCanadian Literature
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Adolescents and Young AdultsPrairiesSocial Problems
- Social Issues > Crime and DelinquencyDiscrimination and StereotypingIndigenous PeoplesViolence
Credits
- director
- Wolf Koenig
- script
- Wolf Koenig
- producer
- Michael MacMillan
- Seaton McLean
- Janice Platt
- Andy Thomson
- camera
- Andreas Poulsson
- sound
- Garrell Clark
- editing
- Wolf Koenig
- Gil Cardinal
- sound editing
- Bill Graziadei
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- Adrian Croll
- executive producer
- Robert Verrall
- Michael MacMillan
- cast
- Michael Auger
- Elvis Barehead
- Jimmy Herman