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John Kim Bell: Born to “Indspire”
20234 min 52 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Roxann Whitebean
Production: Amanda Roy (National Film Board of Canada)Cecil Rohan Fernando (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Roxann Whitebean
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with the Governor General's Performing Arts Award Foundation.
In this unconventional portrait of John Kim Bell, he reflects on his formative years, which brought him to Broadway and influenced him to become the first Indigenous person in North America to lead a classical orchestra. After spending a lifetime amplifying the voices of Indigenous Peoples through the arts, he elaborates on his trailblazing work, including founding the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, known today as Indspire.
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Subject categories
- Music > Canadian MusiciansPerformancesSymphony Orchestras
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Cultural IdentityPortraits
- Roles & Relationships > Indigenous Identity
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Kanien'kéhaka (Mohawk)
- Intangible Culture & Literature > Music & Dance
Credits
- recipient
- John Kim Bell
- writer
- Roxann Whitebean
- director
- Roxann Whitebean
- interviewer
- Roxann Whitebean
- participant
- Lena Recollet
- Stephanie Pangowish
- Kelsey Melanson
- Nightstar
- dancer
- Kean Buffalo
- musician
- Shane Kelsey
- director of photography
- Jon Elliot
- sound recordist
- Jacob Rogers
- first assistant camera
- Jordan Wanakamik
- art designer
- Paola Ridolfi
- wardrobe
- Ange Loft
- makeup artist
- Nightstar
- hair artist
- Nightstar
- production assistant
- Jordan Wanakamik
- Victoria Anderson Gardner
- data wrangling
- Victoria Anderson Gardner
- editing
- Rebecca Lessard
- sound editing
- Travis Mercredi
- sound design
- Travis Mercredi
- music composition
- George Guerrette
- re-recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- online editing
- Yannick Carrier
- titles
- Cynthia Ouellet
- transcripts
- Leanne Oakes
- translation
- Claude Dionne
- subtitling
- Claude Dionne
- program coordinator
- Sylvie Azoulay
- administrator
- Leslie Anne Poyntz
- production supervisor
- Roz Power
- technical coordinator
- Christopher MacIntosh
- Daniel Lord
- Julien Archambault
- senior production coordinator
- Cheryl Murgatroyd
- production coordinator
- Yanis Ait Mohamed
- producer
- Amanda Roy
- executive producer
- Cecil Rohan Fernando