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The Ballad of Crowfoot

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Released in 1968 and often referred to as Canada’s first music video, The Ballad of Crowfoot was directed by Willie Dunn, a Mi’kmaq/Scottish folk singer and activist who was part of the historic Indian Film Crew, the first all-Indigenous production unit at the NFB. The film is a powerful look at colonial betrayals, told through a striking montage of archival images and a ballad composed by Dunn himself about the legendary 19th-century Siksika (Blackfoot) chief who negotiated Treaty 7 on behalf of the Blackfoot Confederacy. The IFC’s inaugural release, Crowfoot was the first Indigenous-directed film to be made at the NFB.

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Released
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Language
English
  • indigenous
  • archive footage
  • music
  • mi'kmaq
  • colonial betrayal
  • scottish folk singer

Behind the camera

Director

Willie Dunn

Produced in

Canada

Gallery

Still from The Ballad of Crowfoot

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSource: IMDB (Chicago)1 Oct 1969
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalPG1 Jan 1968

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The Ballad of Crowfoot was released on 1 January 1968.

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