In this revealing study of Norval Morrisseau, filmed as he works among the lakes and woodlands of his ancestors, we see a remarkable Indigenous artist who emerged from a life of obscurity in the North American bush to become one of Canada's most renowned painters. Morrisseau the man is much like his paintings: vital and passionate, torn between his Ojibway heritage and the influences of the white man's world. Jack Pollock, the Toronto art gallery owner who discovered Morrisseau's paintings in the early 1960s, comments on what makes them so unique.
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musicShingoose
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singerShingoose
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lyricsDuke Redbird
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director of photographyDavid M. OstrikerNaohiko KuritaJackson Samuels
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writerBruce Martin
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editorMichael MacLaverty
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directorDuke RedbirdHenning Jacobsen
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