The Paradox of Norval Morrisseau

Redbird, Duke, (film director.). Jacobsen, Henning, (film director.). Henning Jacobsen Productions Limited (Ottawa), (film producer.).

Summary: In this revealing study of Norval Morrisseau, filmed as he works among the lakes and woodlands of his ancestors, we see a remarkable Anishinaabe artist who emerged from a life of obscurity in the North American bush to become one of Canada's most renowned painters. Morrisseau the man is much like his paintings: vital and passionate, torn between his Ojibway heritage and the influences of the white man's world. Jack Pollock, the Toronto art gallery owner who discovered Morrisseau's paintings in the early 1960s, comments on what makes them so unique.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (28 min., 00 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2021.
Copyright: ♭1974

Content descriptions

General Note:	Indigenous filmmaker. Agency:.Produced for the NFB by Henning Jacobsen Productions Limited for Indian Affairs, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, null Shingoose ; director of photography, David M. Ostriker, Naohiko Kurita, Jackson Samuels ; writer, Bruce Martin ; editor, Michael MacLaverty ; director, Duke Redbird, Henning Jacobsen.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1974.
Target Audience Note:	15-17.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).