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TORONTO - Indigenous writer Jesse Wente will challenge the notion of reconciliation in a new book described as "part memoir, part manifesto."

Sundance Labs: 20 Up-and-Coming Directors and Screenwriters Named for 2021 Fellowship Signature workshops include 12 fellows for directors and screenwriters labs and nine fellows cultivating Native artists Diane Haithman | May 10, 2021 @ 2:55 PM Sundance The Sundance Institute named on Monday the artists and projects for the first group of its upcoming summer labs. The group includes 12 fellows for the directors and screenwriters labs and nine artists participating in the Native and Indigeno...

iPolitics By Kady OMalley. Published on Feb 21, 2021 4:00pm Then-U.S. vice president Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a meeting of first ministers in Ottawa in December 2016. (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics) U.S. President Joe Biden in December, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has secured his first face-to-face meeting with the new resident of the White House. But, unlike his instantly historic state visit to Washington at the invitation of then-president Barack Obama, he...

Indigenous-made films, new fellows, and the grand opening of the film festival all give a gracious nod to Indigenous inclusion at Sundance 2021

Filmmaker Michelle Latimer is photographed in Toronto, on Wednesday, August 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young December 22, 2020 - 1:34 PM The National Film Board is pulling Michelle Latimers documentary "Inconvenient Indian" from distribution and its upcoming screening at the Sundance Film Festival. The decision comes after the accuracy of the filmmakers Indigenous identity was called into question last week. In a statement Tuesday, the NFB said it held conversations with...

We trust artists like Michelle Latimer to avoid harming Indigenous people We trust artists like Michelle Latimer to avoid harming Indigenous people Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers explains the particular kind of pain revelations about Michelle Latimer have caused within the Indigenous film community By Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Samuel Engelking Trickster and Inconvenient Indian director Michelle Latimer poses on top of a condo rooftop in Toronto. We were gathered for a filmmaking workshop at...

Whistler Film Festival – Wondrous Winter Web-land Normally, I would make a video covering the gist of the festival, but with no one going anywhere these days especially for festivals, I had to stay in my private hideout and do the festival online. The online experience isn’t as fun as the real thing because even though there’s lots of people there isn’t that personal connection you make, well… in person. But despite the way things were, Whistler Film Festival was still an interesting ...

The Métis National Council does not recognize the existence of Métis communities in Quebec. Claim based on oral history In her emailed responses, Latimer said her claim rested on the "oral history" of her maternal grandfather. "My grandfather loved these lands and knew them like the back of his hand and his stories became an important part of our oral history," wrote Latimer.  Latimer did not provide any details on the source of her grandfathers identity beyond seeing a family surname in a K...