Crazywater

Crazywater
Directed byDennis Allen
Written byDennis Allen
Carmen Pollard
Produced bySelwyn Jacob
CinematographyKirk Tougas
Edited byCarmen Pollard
Production
company
Release date
  • November 4, 2013 (2013-11-04) (AIFF)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Crazywater is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Dennis Allen and released in 2013.[1] Adapted from Brian Maracle's non-fiction book Crazywater: Native Voices on Addiction and Recovery,[2] the film centres on the issue of alcoholism in First Nations communities.[3]

The film premiered on November 4, 2013, at the American Indian Film Festival,[2] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2014 Available Light Film Festival.[4] Allen subsequently took the film on a nine-stop tour of communities in the Northwest Territories, as part of a special film festival devoted to mental health and addiction awareness.[5]

  1. ^ Travis Lupick, "Crazywater breaks the silence on alcoholism in Native communities". The Georgia Straight, April 30, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Stephanie Waddell, "Local filmmaker to show new documentary at film festival". Whitehorse Star, January 31, 2014.
  3. ^ Dali Carmichael, "Healing films offer substance abuse support in NWT". Northern Journal, November 18, 2014.
  4. ^ Geoff Pevere, "Whitehorse film festival tells northern stories". The Globe and Mail, February 6, 2014.
  5. ^ "‘It’s our story:’ N.W.T. Healing Film Festival kicks off Sunday". CBC North, November 13, 2014.