Bihttoš (Rebel) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and released in 2014.[2] Blending live action and animation, the film depicts the relationship between her Sami father, Bjarne Store-Jakobsen, and her Blackfoot mother, Esther Tailfeathers, focusing in particular on the way her father's childhood experiences in Norway's residential school system contributed to their breakup.[2][3]
| Rebel | |
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 Film poster | |
| Bihttoš | |
| Directed by | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers |
| Written by | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers |
| Produced by | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers |
| Cinematography | Oliver Millar |
| Edited by | Bridget Durnford |
| Music by | Chad Neufeld Ánde Somby Jordan Wilson |
Production company | Violator Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The film premiered at the ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in 2014, and was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's Canada's Top Ten.[4] It was shortlisted for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.[5]
References
edit- ^ "2014 imagineNATIVE Catalogue". October 22, 2014.
- ^ a b "Vancouver filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers' emotional memoir screens at the Reel 2 Real Film Fest". The Georgia Straight, April 6, 2016.
- ^ Storfjell, Troy (2019). "ELSEWHERES OF HEALING: TRANS-INDIGENOUS SPACES IN ELLE-MÁIJÁAPINISKIM TAILFEATHERS' BIHTTOŠ". In Stenport, Anna Westerståhl; Lunde, Arne Olav (eds.). Nordic film cultures and cinemas of elsewhere. Traditions in world cinema. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-3805-6. OCLC 1085204238.
- ^ Bellrichard, Chantelle (January 25, 2015). "5 under 30 to watch in 2015". CBC News. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016.
Further reading
edit- MacKenzie, Scott and Anna Westerståhl Stenport. 2016. “Contemporary experimental feminist Sámi documentary: the first person politics of Liselotte Wajstedt and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers.” Journal of Scandinavian Cinema 6 (2): 169–82
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