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Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising
This stirring historical film shines a light on the a 1974 Indigenous youth occupation in Kenora, which was largely scrubbed from history. Interviews between experts, participants, and others who lived through it bring this powerful moment of resistance to life.
Director
Shane Belcourt (Métis)
Belcourt is a producer, writer, and filmmaker whose directing credits include numerous shorts such as Pookums, Boxed In, and Say Yes, as well as the features Tkaronto, Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier (which won the Alanis Obomsawin Award at imagineNATIVE), Red Rover, Beautiful Scars of Tom Wilson, Warrior Song and Ni Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising, which premiered at TIFF. He also directed episodes of Urban Native Girl, CBC Docs POV, and Amplify.
Writers
Shane Belcourt (Métis), Tanya Talaga (Anishinaabe)
Producer
Tanya Talaga (Anishinaabe)
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Biography, BIPOC Stories, History, Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
