National Film Board Of Canada Pulls ‘Inconvenient Indian’ From Festival Circuit After Director Apologizes For Claiming Indigenous Roots
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deadline.comThe National Film Board of Canada announced Tuesday that it will withdraw Michelle Latimer’s documentary Inconvenient Indian from “active distribution.”“The film will be withdrawn from all upcoming festivals, including the 2021 Sundance Film Festival,” the NFB said in a statement.Aiding the Board in its decision to pull the doc were Indigenous participants who appear in the film, the NFB’s Indigenous Advisory Group and industry partners.
The doc’s withdrawal comes nearly a week after Latimer’s claims about her Indigenous identity came under fire.While promoting her film, which is an adaptation of Thomas King’s non-fiction book of the same name, the Thunder Bay native stated that she claims family roots in Canada’s Quebec Algonquin
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