Inconvenient Indian
2021
Inconvenient Indian dives deep into the brilliant mind of Thomas King, an Indigenous intellectual, master storyteller, and author of the bestselling book, The Inconvenient Indian. With his cab driver Coyote by his side, King takes us on a critical journey through the colonial narratives of North America and invites us to bear witness to the stories of Indigenous creators whose work disrupts these narratives.
"An evocative and visually ripe love poem to Canadian Indigenous culture."
Jude Dry - Indiewire
"Inconvenient Indian is the kind of film that inspires action. This is vibrant and essential activist cinema...grounded in the promise of a better future."
Barbara Goslawski - That Shelf
"Poetic and engaging, the film cements Latimer's reputation as one of Canada's most intriguing and playful practitioners of the cinematic form."
Barry Hertz - Globe and Mail
"A showcase for [Michelle] Latimer's own developing chops as a formalist, a journalist, and a polemicist, it's dazzling."
Adam Nayman - Cinemascope
AWARDS
Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival
Winner: Toronto Intl Film Festival People's Choice Documentary Award 2020
Winner: Toronto Intl Film Festival Amplify Voices - Best Canadian Feature 2020
Winner: Toronto Intl Film Festival Canada's Top Ten 2021
Winner: RIDM Grand Prize 2020
Winner: RIDM Magnus Isaacson Award for Social Justice Filmmaking 2020
Winner: DGC Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary 2020
Winner: Vancouver International Film Festival - Audience Choice Award for Documentary 2020
CREDITS
Written and Directed by: Michelle Latimer
Producers: Jesse Wente, Stuart Henderson
Producers for NFB: Justine Pimlott, David Oppenheim
Produced by: 90th Parallel Pictures in co-production with the NFB with support from Bell Media/Crave
Editor: Katie Chipperfield
Cinematography: Chris Romeike
Sound Design & Original Score: Brennan Mercer
CAST
Thomas King
Gail Maurice
Nyla Innuksuk
The Halluci Nation (formerly known as A Tribe Called Red)
Skawennati
Jason Edward Lewis
Kent Monkman
Christi Belcourt
Carman Tozer
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Steven Lonsdale
IN THE NEWS
IndieWire - Inconvenient Indian review: Michelle Latimer's Visual Love Poem to Indigenous People
Vox - 11 compelling documentaries to watch for this fall
NOW Magazine - Tiff Review: Inconvenient Indian is Made With Love
Roger Ebert - Reexamining Indigenous Mythology: Michelle Latimer on Inconvenient Indian & Trickster
Chatelaine - Inconvenient Indian: Filmmaker Michelle Latimer is Flipping the Script
Women in Hollywood - TIFF 2020 Preview
CTV News - Michelle Latimer among Canadians set for Sundance Film Festival
POV Magazine - A Fine year for docs at TIFF
Penticton Herald - Michelle Latimer wins twice at TIFF awards, 'Nomadland' grabs people's choice
Canada Goose - Falls Insider Guide to Best New Movies
DOC NYC - Inconvenient Indian Wins TIFF Doc Audience Award
Cinemascope Review - TIFF 2020: Inconvenient Indian (Michelle Latimer, Canada)