Rebel (2014 film) explained
| Rebel |
| Native Name: | Bihttoš |
| Director: | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers |
| Producer: | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers |
| Music: | Chad Neufeld
Ánde Somby
Jordan Wilson |
| Cinematography: | Oliver Millar |
| Editing: | Bridget Durnford |
| Studio: | Violator Films |
| Runtime: | 14 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
Bihttoš (Rebel) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and released in 2014.[1] 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.[1] [2]
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.[3] It was shortlisted for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.[4]
Further reading
- 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
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.straight.com/movies/673116/vancouver-filmmaker-elle-maija-tailfeathers-emotional-memoir-screens-reel-2-real-film "Vancouver filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers' emotional memoir screens at the Reel 2 Real Film Fest"
- Book: Storfjell, Troy . Nordic film cultures and cinemas of elsewhere . 2019 . Edinburgh University Press . 978-1-4744-3805-6 . Stenport . Anna Westerståhl . Traditions in world cinema . Edinburgh, Scotland . ELSEWHERES OF HEALING: TRANS-INDIGENOUS SPACES IN ELLE-MÁIJÁAPINISKIM TAILFEATHERS’ BIHTTOŠ . on1085204238 . Lunde . Arne Olav.
- News: Bellrichard. Chantelle. 5 under 30 to watch in 2015. CBC News. January 25, 2015. en. September 17, 2016.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160615210251/http://etcanada.com/news/37268/2016-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced"
