Inconvenient Indian (2020)

• 78%
• 2020
• Documentary
• Michelle Latimer
• Thomas King
• Gail Maurice
• Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

This urgent documentary Inconvenient Indian dives deep into the brilliant mind of Thomas King, Indigenous intellectual, master storyteller, and author of the bestselling book The Inconvenient Indian to shatter the misconception that history is anything more than stories we tell about the past. With winks to his cabdriver Coyote along the way, King takes us on a journey through the colonial narratives of North America. He eloquently exposes the falsehoods of white supremacy and deftly punctures myths of Indigenous erasure to lay bare what has been extracted from the land, culture and peoples of Turtle Island. In this time of momentous change and essential re-examination, Inconvenient Indian is a powerful visual poem anchored in the land and amplified by the voices of those who continue the tradition of Indigenous resistance. Artist activists, land protectors, hunters, and those leading cultural revitalization across the continent powerfully subvert the "inconvenience" of their existence, creating an essential new narrative and a possible path forward for us all.