The Spirit of Annie Mae

Martin, Catherine Anne, (film director.). Martin, Kent, (film producer.). Bochner, Sally, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: In 1975, Annie Mae Pictou Aquash, a 30-year-old Nova Scotia born-Mi'kmaq, was shot dead, execution style, on a desolate road in South Dakota. Nearly three decades later the crime remains a mystery. Aquash was highly placed in the American Indian Movement (AIM), a radical First Nations organization that took up arms in the 1970s to fight for the rights of their people. The Spirit of Annie Mae is the story of Aquash's remarkable life and her brutal murder. It is a moving tribute from the women who were closest to her: the two daughters who fled with their mother when she hid from the FBI; the young women she inspired to embrace Native culture; and the other activists, including Buffy Sainte-Marie and investigative journalist Minnie Two Shoes, who stood in solidarity with her. All are still trying to understand why she met such a violent death. Follow them on their journey as they celebrate the life of a woman who inspired a generation of Indigenous people.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (73 min., 27 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2010.
Copyright: ©2002

Content descriptions

General Note:	Aboriginal filmmaker. NFB's special programs:.Aboriginal Filmmaking Program. Agency - English program:.Atlantic Centre.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Available to subscribers only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Catherine Anne Martin ; producer, Kent Martin ; cinematography, Kent Nason ; editor, Angela Baker ; sound, Arthur Mackay ; music, Lee Cremo, Joel Denny, null Morning Star, Sandy Morris ; research, Catherine Anne Martin, Ernest Dick, April Maloney, Kent Martin, Elizabeth Klinck, Karen A. Wyatt, Frank Clifford, Patricia Coughran ; consultant, Barry Cowling ; sound editor, Alex Salter ; re-recording, Jean Paul Vialard ; executive producer, Sally Bochner.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Catherine Anne Martin ; reading, Deborah Pictou Maloney.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2002.
Target Audience Note:	16-18.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Social Issues, 2003 2nd Prize Rigoberta Menchu Tum - Category: Community, 2003 Jury Award - Best Documentary, 2003 Award for Best Documentary Feature - with a cash prize 1,500$US, 2003 Award of Distinction - Category: Documentary Feature, 2003
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).