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Distribution

Catalogue

Droit devant

Marie Clements
2017 | 1 h 41 min

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Documentaire musical signé Marie Clements, Droit devant rattache un moment charnière de l’histoire des droits civils au Canada — les origines du nationalisme autochtone vers 1930 — au souffle puissant qui anime aujourd’hui le militantisme des Premières Nations.

Awards and distinctions

  • Best Cinematography Feature Length Documentary (Mike McKinlay)
    Leo Awards, Vancouver
    2018
  • Best Editing Feature Length Documentary (Jenn Strom)
    Leo Awards, Vancouver
    2018
  • Best Feature Length Documentary
    Leo Awards, Vancouver
    2018
  • Best Direction
    Leo Awards, Vancouver
    2018
  • Best Screenwriting
    Leo Awards, Vancouver
    2018
  • Best Director
    Annual American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco
    2017
  • Canadian Feature Award
    Annual Dreamspeakers / International Aboriginal Cultural, Artistic and Film Festival, Edmonton
    2017