Films Using Actors

Sexual Abuse in the native community must end. We need to make it a priority with our leaders.

Filmmaker: Tamara Bell

Filmmaker Contact:

Tamara Bell www.cedarrootproductions.com

Producer's Name: Tamara Bell

Year of Production: 2008

Country: Canada

This is the trailer of the feature "Issaittuq". A story about a young Inuk who lost his love. Using alcohol, he is trying to put the reality and the past behind, but the past keeps hunting him. One day he looses control of himself and starts beating a man who's walking on a street beside his house.

An ambitious reporter is sent to interview an Indigenous elder to get some "real poetic and stoic stuff" for coverage of a conference on the environment. What she finds is a reminder that she didn't realize she needed to hear.

Filmmaker: John Hupfield

Filmmaker Contact:

www.7thgen.org

In My Staus Card, Cheyenne Redman Gervais takes a long hard look at everyone's favourite piece of plastic...

Filmmaker: Cheyenne Redman Gervais

Filmmaker Contact:

www.7thgen.org

Producer's Name: 7th Generation image Makers

Year of Production: 2006

They’ve taken our homes, our land, and now they’re after our blood...

Filmmaker: Michael Crawford

Filmmaker Contact:

ajones [at] nativechild [dot] org

Producer's Name: 7th Generation image Makers

Year of Production: 2007

Country: Canada

A short film about a young man living in downtown Toronto, and the pressures of his world.

Filmmaker: Brad Nolan

Filmmaker Contact:

ajones [at] nativechild [dot] org

Producer's Name: 7th Generation Image Makers

Year of Production: 2005

Distributor Information:

Clear Cut is a deeply personal found-footage reflection on mixed race identity. John Hupfield is Anishnawbe from Wasauksing First Nation on Perry Island. Clear Cut is his first video.

Filmmaker: John Hupfield

Filmmaker Contact:

z_branigan [at] hotmail [dot] com

Producer's Name: 7th Generation image Makers

A trip to Pucalpa in the Peruvian Amazon

Year of Production: 2009

Distributor Information:

www.artcirq.org

Country: Canada

Region: Nunavut

This is a wonderful examination of the Sundance, a sacred ceremony that began in the Plains of North America.

Filmmaker: Tamara Bull

Filmmaker Contact:

www.firsttalk.net

Producer's Name: Cedar Root Productions

Year of Production: 2008

This short piece is a compelling look into first nations views on traditional spirituality and western religion.

Filmmaker: Tamara Bull

Filmmaker Contact:

Tamara Bull cedarrootproductions.com firsttalkshow [at] yahoo [dot] ca

Producer's Name: Cedar Root Productions