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'Inconvenient Indian' Doc Withdrawn From Sundance After Director Apologizes for Indigenous Ancestry Claims

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Michelle Latimer's documentary Inconvenient Indian has been withdrawn from the Sundance Film Festival after the Canadian director came under scrutiny for claiming Indigenous family roots in a Quebec Algonquin community while promoting her film ahead of its Toronto Film Festival world premiere last summer. "After engaging with the Indigenous participants who appear onscreen, the NFB’s Indigenous advisory group, and industry partners, the NFB, 90th Parallel Productions and producer Jesse Wente have decided to withdraw Inconvenient Indian from active distribution," the National Film Board of Canada said in a statement Tuesday.

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