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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.

Directed byWillie Dunn

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 10m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 1968
Studios
ONF | NFBChallenge for Change / Société Nouvelle

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Directed by
Willie Dunn
Written by
Willie Dunn
Produced by
Barrie Howells
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