The Ballad of Crowfoot
Released in 1968 and often referred to as Canada’s first music video, The Ballad of Crowfoot was directed by Willie Dunn, a Mi’kmaq/Scottish folk singer and activist who was part of the historic Indian Film Crew, the first all-Indigenous production unit at the NFB. The film is a powerful look at colonial betrayals, told through a striking montage of archival images and a ballad composed by Dunn himself about the legendary 19th-century Siksika (Blackfoot) chief who negotiated Treaty 7 on behalf of the Blackfoot Confederacy. The IFC’s inaugural release, Crowfoot was the first Indigenous-directed film to be made at the NFB.
Prix et distinctions
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Prix d'ExcellenceFestival du Film de l'Atlantique, Halifax1987
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Premier prix, Mention et Meilleure sélectionFestival SODRE international de films documentaires et expérimentaux, Montevideo1971
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Prix Blue RibbonItinérant - American Film and Video Festival, New York1970
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Hugo d'or - catégorie: court métrageFestival international du film, Chicago1969