Rebel (2014 film)

Bihttoš (Rebel) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and released in 2014.^[2] Blending live action and animation, the film depicts the relationship between her Sami father, Bjarne Store-Jakobsen, and her Blackfoot mother, Esther Tailfeathers, focusing in particular on the way her father's childhood experiences in Norway's residential school system contributed to their breakup.^[2][3]

Rebel
Film poster
Bihttoš
Directed by	Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Written by	Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Produced by	Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Cinematography	Oliver Millar
Edited by	Bridget Durnford
Music by	Chad Neufeld Ánde Somby Jordan Wilson
Production company	Violator Films
Release date	October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26) (ImagineNATIVE)[1]
Running time	14 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The film premiered at the ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in 2014, and was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's Canada's Top Ten.^[4] It was shortlisted for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.^[5]

References

1. "2014 imagineNATIVE Catalogue". October 22, 2014.
2. "Vancouver filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers' emotional memoir screens at the Reel 2 Real Film Fest". The Georgia Straight, April 6, 2016.
3. Storfjell, Troy (2019). "ELSEWHERES OF HEALING: TRANS-INDIGENOUS SPACES IN ELLE-MÁIJÁAPINISKIM TAILFEATHERS' BIHTTOŠ". In Stenport, Anna Westerståhl; Lunde, Arne Olav (eds.). Nordic film cultures and cinemas of elsewhere. Traditions in world cinema. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-3805-6. OCLC 1085204238.
4. Bellrichard, Chantelle (January 25, 2015). "5 under 30 to watch in 2015". CBC News. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
5. "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016.

Further reading

• MacKenzie, Scott and Anna Westerståhl Stenport. 2016. “Contemporary experimental feminist Sámi documentary: the first person politics of Liselotte Wajstedt and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers.” Journal of Scandinavian Cinema 6 (2): 169–82

External links

• Rebel at IMDb
• Rebel at Violator Films