| 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. |
| Release Date: |
Jan 01, 1968 |
| Director: |
Willie Dunn
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| Writer: |
Willie Dunn
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| Genres: |
Music,
Documentary
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| Keywords |
indigenous,
archive footage,
music,
mi'kmaq
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| Production Companies |
ONF | NFB,
Challenge for Change / Société Nouvelle
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| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
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| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update)
Entered: May 19, 2024
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