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About the Film
In 1968, America’s first Black variety show, “SOUL!,” helmed by producer and host Ellis Haizlip, premiered on public television. The pioneering series ran for five years, cementing itself as not only a vehicle to celebrate African American artistry, community, and culture but also as a platform for political expression and a powerful force in the fight for social justice.
Mr. SOUL! portrays in exquisite detail a revolutionary time in American culture and entertainment through vibrant archival footage and interviews with numerous Black luminaries who appeared on “SOUL!,” or were impacted by it.
Michelle Latimer returns DOC Institute award; “Inconvenient Indian” pulled from Sundance ’21 The NFB said it has withdrawn Michelle Latimer s doc from active distribution after engaging with its Indigenous Advisory Group, industry partners, 90th Parallel Productions and producer Jesse Wente. December 23, 2020
UPDATED DEC. 23 1:45 P.M. ET: Filmmaker Michelle Latimer has returned her recently acquired Vanguard Award to Canadian organization DOC Institute weeks after questions surfaced regarding her claims of Indigenous identity.
Latimer was initially presented with the award on Dec. 11 as part of the seventh annual DOC Institute Honors. The hardware is annually presented to mid-career filmmaker whose artistic sensibility and visionary approach “exemplifies the way Canadian documentary is upheld.”
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.
Year in review: A look at news events in September 2020
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 4:44 am EDT
A look at news events in September 2020:
01 – The federal government recognized residential schools as a National Historic Event. Jonathan Wilkinson, minister responsible for historic sites and monuments, said history has to tackle tough subjects as well as happy events. Chief Dennis Meeches of the Long Plain First Nation said the band hopes to open a national residential school museum near Portage la Prairie, Man.
02 – The German government said Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny had the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok in his system the same one that was used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Britain in 2018. Navalny’s supporters insisted he was deliberately poisoned and pointed the finger at the Kremlin, which scoffed at the accusations.