Movies: Duke Redbird

  • 2019
    Rise

    Rise (2019)

    Rise

    4.32019HD

    Young, gifted and black! In an act of self-empowerment, a group of young Black people, mainly first and second generation immigrants from the Caribbean, have occupied the public space of the Toronto underground to perform their agitprop concept of ed...

    Rise
  • 1977
    Amisk

    Amisk (1977)

    Amisk

    71977HD

    A performing arts film by Alanis Obomsawin, it documents efforts to raise funds for the James Bay Cree and was made at a time when Cree territory was threatened by hydro-electric projects. Amisk represents early work by Obomsawin, a trailblazer in Ca...

    Amisk
  • 1990
    The Shaman's Source

    The Shaman's Source (1990)

    The Shaman's Source

    11990HD

    Three Ojibway Natives race to find a mystical ancestral spring before a ruthless industrialist claim it....

    The Shaman's Source
  • 1974
    The Paradox of Norval Morrisseau

    The Paradox of Norval Morrisseau (1974)

    The Paradox of Norval Morrisseau

    01974HD

    In this revealing study of Norval Morrisseau, filmed as he works among the lakes and woodlands of his ancestors, we see a remarkable Indigenous artist who emerged from a life of obscurity in the North American bush to become one of Canada's most reno...

    The Paradox of Norval Morrisseau
  • 1972
    Walk With Dignity

    Walk With Dignity (1972)

    Walk With Dignity

    01972HD

    First Nations documentary...

    Walk With Dignity
  • 1967
    Encounter with Saul Alinsky - Part 2: Rama Indian Reserve

    Encounter with Saul Alinsky - Part 2: Rama Indian Reserve (1967)

    Encounter with Saul Alinsky - Part 2: Rama Indian Reserve

    01967HD

    Indigenous youth, led by Duke Redbird, argue their ideas against the blunt pragmatism of American activist and writer Saul Alinksy. Author of the book “Rules for Radicals”, Alinsky is widely considered the father of community organizing who spent his...

    Encounter with Saul Alinsky - Part 2: Rama Indian Reserve
  • 1969
    Charley Squash Goes to Town

    Charley Squash Goes to Town (1969)

    Charley Squash Goes to Town

    01969HD

    An animated film, based on an Indigenous comic-strip character created by Duke Redbird, telling the story of a young man who leaves the reserve to make his way in the city. Eventually he returns to the reserve and the ways of his people....

    Charley Squash Goes to Town