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Reel Injun
Director Neil Diamond takes the audience on a trip through time to explore the history of the “Hollywood Indian” and offers a refreshing, candid and personal analysis, tracing how these cinematic images have shaped and influenced the understanding of Indigenous culture and history.
“Impeccably well researched and crafted, Reel Injun neatly walks the line in balancing entertainment and education.” — Todd Brown, Twitch Film
Director
Neil Diamond (Cree)
Diamond has directed several award-winning documentaries that focus on Indigenous life and issues. He co-directed the short documentaries Cree Spoken Here, which garnered the Telefilm/APTN award for Best Aboriginal Documentary, and Inuit Cree Reconciliation, with Zacharias Kunuk. He also directed the feature documentary Reel Injun, which won ten awards, including three Geminis and a Peabody Award for best documentary, and co-directed Red Fever, and So Surreal: Behind the Masks.
Writers
Catherine Bainbridge, Neil Diamond (Cree), Jeremiah Hayes
Cast
Jesse Wente
Producers
Catherine Bainbridge, Linda Ludwick, Christina Fon
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, ESL, Global Experiences, History, Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN CC, FR Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
National Film Board (NFB)
