Michelle Latimer returns DOC Institute award; “Inconvenient Indian” pulled from Sundance ’21 The NFB said it has withdrawn Michelle Latimer's doc from 'active distribution' after engaging with its Indigenous Advisory Group, industry partners, 90th Parallel Productions and producer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.”