Inconvenient Indian

Latimer, Michelle, (film director.). Henderson, Stuart, (film producer.). Pimlott, Justine, (film producer.). Wente, Jesse, (film producer.). Henderson, Gordon, (film producer.). Lee, Anita, (film producer.). Lennox, Randy, (film producer.). Kotzia, Rita, (film producer.). 90th Parallel Film Productions Ltd. (Toronto), (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: 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.

Record details

Physical Description: access
remote
1 streaming video (88 min., 54 sec.) : sound
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2022.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:	Indigenous filmmaker. Agency:.A 90th Parallel Productions Ltd and National Film Board of Canada co-production.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Available to subscribers only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Michelle Latimer ; writer, Michelle Latimer ; 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 ; associate producer, Rita Kotzia ; production designer, Andrew Berry ; costume designer, Adriana Fulop ; sound recordist, Jason Milligan ; researcher, Martha Troian, Clayton Windatt ; visual researcher, Stefanie McCarrol, Gina Cali, Margaret McCaw ; makeup artist, Nicole Pilon ; supervising sound editor, Jane Tattersall ; supervising dialogue editor, Krystin Hunter ; sound effects, Brennan Mercer ; re-recording mixer, Joe Morrow.
Participant or Performer Note:	Featuring, Thomas King, Gail Maurice, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Steven Lonsdale, Nyla Innuksuk, null A Tribe Called Red, null Skawennati, Jason Edward Lewis, Kent Monkman, Carman Tozer, Christi Belcourt ; narrator, Thomas King ; 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.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2020.
Target Audience Note:	16-18.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	National Competition Grand Prize, 2020 Magnus Isacsson Award, 2020 Most Popular Canadian Documentary, 2020 People's Choice Documentary Award, 2020 Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film, 2020
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).