Opening Night
Wednesday, Oct 14 2009, 7:00PM
Bloor Cinema
Presented by Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
Tungijuq
2009, Canada, 7 min, 35mm
Director: Félix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël
Producer: Isuma Productions
2009, Canada, 7 min, 35mm
Director: Félix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël
Producer: Isuma Productions
Internationally renowned throat singer Tanya Taqaq and filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk star in this mesmerizing film celebrating the Inuit hunting tradition.
Reel Injun
2009, Canada, 85 min, Digital Beta
Director: Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes
2009, Canada, 85 min, Digital Beta
Director: Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes
A powerful homage to North American Native people throughout a century of cinema, Reel Injun is a retelling of the history of the Hollywood Indian. Embarking on a personal quest to deconstruct the image of the stoic Indian that dotted television screens all over the world, Cree director Neil Diamond compares his own Northern-Canadian upbringing to the vastly different portrayals he grew up knowing and loving in the movies.
