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.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Stars:
Crew: Willie Dunn (Writer), Barrie Howells (Producer), Willie Dunn (Music), Willie Dunn (Director)
Country: Canada
Language: English
Studio: ONF | NFB, Challenge for Change / Société Nouvelle
Runtime: 10 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 1968
IMDb: 4.2
