Rebel (2014 film)

Rebel
Film poster
Bihttoš
Directed byElle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Written byElle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Produced byElle-Máijá Tailfeathers
CinematographyOliver Millar
Edited byBridget Durnford
Music byChad Neufeld
Ánde Somby
Jordan Wilson
Production
company
Violator Films
Release date
  • October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26) (ImagineNATIVE)[1]
Running time
14 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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]

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]

  1. ^ "2014 imagineNATIVE Catalogue". October 22, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Vancouver filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers' emotional memoir screens at the Reel 2 Real Film Fest". The Georgia Straight, April 6, 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Bellrichard, Chantelle (January 25, 2015). "5 under 30 to watch in 2015". CBC News. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  5. ^ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016.