| Clearcut | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Clearcut_1991_poster.jpg) Theatrical release poster with Ontario Film Review Board ratings sticker. | |
| Directed by | Ryszard Bugajski |
| Screenplay by | Robert Forsyth |
| Based on | A Dream Like Mine by M. T. Kelly |
| Produced by | Ian McDougall Stephen J. Roth |
| Starring | Graham Greene Floyd Red Crow Westerman Ron Lea Michael Hogan |
| Cinematography | François Protat |
| Edited by | Michael Rea |
| Music by | Shane Harvey |
Production company | Cinexus Capital Corporation |
| Distributed by | C/FP Distribution[1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Clearcut is a 1991 Canadian horror-thriller film[2][3] directed by Ryszard Bugajski and starring Graham Greene, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Ron Lea, and Michael Hogan. It follows a white lawyer in an unnamed Canadian province who finds his values shaken when he meets an angry Indigenous activist who insists on kidnapping the head of a logging company clearcutting on native land.
Filmed in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and based on the novel A Dream Like Mine (1987) written by M. T. Kelly, it covers complex subject matter such as the land rights of indigenous peoples in Canada, pacifism, colonialism, and environmentalism. Greene, known for his prolific work, including the critically acclaimed Dances with Wolves, is quoted as saying this is his favorite movie in which he has acted.[4]
Through making Clearcut, Bugajski stated that he set out to portray the issues that he saw existing with pacifism. By forcing the viewer to consider the arguments of the characters alongside their actions he hoped to show the viewer the complexity of these issues where good and evil is not so easily divided.[5]
- ^ "Clearcut". Canadian Film Online. Athabasca University. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021.
- ^ Ahmad 2015, p. 62.
- ^ "Clearcut". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Playback 2012 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Graham Greene". Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Ryszard Bugajski | Artist | Culture.pl". Culture.pl. Retrieved 22 November 2017.