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EVERYONE LOVES LULU, Ep. 23 - TUI LETULI
A Haida filmmaker is pushing for new legislation in Canada to penalize people who pretend to be Indigenous in order to access grants, awards and jobs intended for Indigenous people. Tamara Bell said she wants those who misrepresent their identity to face fines and even prison time. Bell’s move comes on the heels of Indigenous elders exposing filmmaker Michelle Latimer’s unfounded claims that she was Indigenous. Latimer, who recently directed the CBC television series Trickster and the documentary Inconvenient Indian, is in fact primarily French Canadian, Irish and Scottish.
“It is reprehensible in all measures, so I think as Indigenous people, we have to draw a line in the sand,” Bell said Monday at a news conference in Vancouver. Right now, most Canadian institutions — even those that administer funds allocated specifically for Indigenous people — use self-identification as the gold standard for identifying who is Indigenous. That means anyone can simply say “I am Indigenous” to authenticate their Indigeneity. “People can’t just come in and squeeze out dollars. We’ve gone a long time being starved and we have to stand up,” said Métis Elder Corie Thunderchild, who is supporting Bell’s bid for an Indigenous authentication law in Canada.
Netflix announced on Tuesday, January 12th, that they will produce 70 new movies for the platform in 2021, with at least one new movie being released every week. The streaming service touted the talented actors and actresses starring in the new movies, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Sandra Bullock, Dwayne Johnson, and others. The pandemic made 2020 a difficult year for the movie industry. There were restrictions for filming, and some studios […]
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