Posted: Dec 22, 2020 5:01 PM ET | Last Updated: December 22, 2020
Michelle Latimer s film Inconvenient Indian was to make its U.S. debut at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival early next year. (Submitted by Michelle Latimer)
The National Film Board is withdrawing the Michelle Latimer-directed documentary
Inconvenient Indian from all film festivals and distribution after her Indigenous identity claims were called into question last week.
The film is an adaptation of author Thomas King s best-selling book
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America. The film was to make its U.S. debut at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival early next year.
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 3:09 PM ET | Last Updated: December 21, 2020
Director Michelle Latimer has resigned from the second season of Trickster TV series.(CBC)
Michelle Latimer, director of the CBC Television series Trickster, announced in a Facebook post Monday that she is resigning from the second season of the show after her Indigenous identity claims were called into question last week. It s with a heavy heart that I am resigning from Season 2 of Trickster, Latimer wrote in the Facebook post. When I first read the novels that inspired Trickster, I was struck by the powerful tale of a family coming together to overcome adversity. I envisioned this story as a television series that would celebrate Indigenous talent and amplify Indigenous voices.
Michelle Latimer on the set of Trickster, directing a scene.(CBC)
Two producers with the CBC television series
Trickster announced their resignations on Friday, a day after the Indigenous identity claims of the show s co-creator and director Michelle Latimer were called into question.
Danis Goulet, a Cree/Métis filmmaker who worked as a consulting producer, stated on Twitter she resigned from the show last week. She wrote she initially joined the production because it would be led by Indigenous creators. However, now that there is uncertainty about this, I feel a responsibility to uphold the values that I am dedicated to, she wrote.