An Indigenous Film School in Ontario Goes to Venice
Azure Magazine
JUNE 17, 2021
The institute was founded in 2002 by Dr. Shirley Cheechoo, a multi-award-winning Cree actor, artist and filmmaker who wrote, directed and starred in the 2001 film Bearwalker , the first dramatic feature film to be made by an Indigenous person in Canada. The school decided they’d rather have the bear sculpture instead.)
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