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Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier by Lisa Jackson, Shane Belcourt now available to watch on CBC Docs POV

Posted: 08 Nov 2017 02:54 PM PST

Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier by directors Shane Belcourt (NSI Totally Television, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and Lisa Jackson (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) is now playing on CBC Docs POV.

Shane and Lisa are also NSI IndigiDocs program advisors.

The film tells a true story about a reclusive young woman from a small Manitoba First Nation who captivated the press and made international headlines. Sensationalized in the media as a high profile catfishing case involving an NBA superstar and an aspiring model, Shelly Chartier was portrayed as a master manipulator who used social media as her weapon.

The film screened at the imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival in October where it won the Alanis Obomsawin award for best documentary work (long-form).

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NSI IndigiDocs shorts screen at Winnipeg Art Gallery to honour Indigenous veterans, Nov. 9

Posted: 08 Nov 2017 01:28 PM PST

NSI IndigiDocs films Finding Sergeant Partridge from Gabriel Constant and Cree Code Talker (pictured) from Alex Lazarowich and Cowboy Smithx screen tomorrow at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in honour of Indigenous Veterans Day.

The films screen alongside two other short documentaries, First Nations Veterans Ceremony at Goldstream and Trench. A panel discussion follows the screening.

The event starts at 6 p.m. with a reception. Films begin at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

Presented by The Decolonizing Lens, co-organized by Kaila Johnston and Jocelyn Thorpe.

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NSI IndigiDocs is a development launch pad for producer/director teams looking to produce a short documentary. We’re accepting applications for the course until Thursday, November 9. Apply here.

NSI IndigiDocs 2016 was supported by Presenting Sponsor NBCUniversal; Program Partners Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), Manitoba Sport, Culture and Heritage and RBC Emerging Artists Project; NSI Aboriginal Training Programs Partner Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries; Bootcamp Presenting Sponsor Manitoba Film & Music; Supporting Sponsors Entertainment One; Super Channel; Corus Entertainment; Telefilm Canada; Breakthrough Entertainment; imagineNATIVE Film + Media Festival and Hots Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; Tuition Sponsor NBCUniversal; Provincial Sponsors Manitoba Film & Music and Creative Saskatchewan; Industry Partners National Film Board of Canada, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) and Directors Guild of Canada; and Service Sponsor Line 21 Media.

NSI IndigiDocs 2016-18 is funded by Program Partners APTN, Manitoba Sport, Culture & Heritage and RBC Emerging Artists Project; Aboriginal Training Programs Partner Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries; Boot Camp Presenting Sponsor Manitoba Film & Music; Supporting Sponsors the Directors Guild of Canada, Entertainment One, Super Channel, Corus Entertainment, Telefilm Canada, imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival, Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, Breakthrough Entertainment and the Jim Murphy Filmmakers Bursary; Provincial Sponsor Manitoba Film & Music; Industry Partners National Film Board and the Directors Guild of Canada; and Service Sponsor Line 21 Media.

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Jane and the Wolf, Four Faces of the Moon screen at Mirror Mountain Film Festival

Posted: 08 Nov 2017 12:14 PM PST

Two films from NSI grads screen at Mirror Mountain Film Festival (December 1 to 3) in Ottawa next month.

NSI IndigiDocs film Jane and the Wolf from Nadine Arpin and Rachel Garrick and Four Faces of the Moon from Amanda Strong and Bracken Hanuse Corlett (NSI IndigiDocs) screen at the festival. Both films are part of the Lines Drawn shorts program on December 2 at 5 p.m.

Mirror Mountain Film Festival brings the best in independent and alternative cinema to Canada’s capital.

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Last Resort by producer Jennifer Bowen-Allen now available online

Posted: 08 Nov 2017 10:10 AM PST

Last Resort, produced by Jennifer Bowen-Allen (NSI IndigiDocs), is now available to view online.

The short is part of a series of films commissioned by Hot Docs for the compilation In the Name of All Canadians – six short documentaries inspired by Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Last Resort, directed by Vivian Belik, is an exploration of the precedent-setting case which sees the first ever Indigenous freedom of religion challenge to go before the Supreme Court of Canada.

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