Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks (1998)
• January 1st, 1998 • 0h 21min
Documentary
Overview
This short documentary serves as a portrait of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, one of Canada's most important painters. We meet him at the Bisley Rifle Range in Surrey, England, where he's literally shooting the Indian Act in a performance piece called "An Indian Shooting the Indian Act." It's in protest of the ongoing effects of the Act's legislation on Indigenous people. We then follow him back to Canada, for interviews with the artist and a closer look at his work.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Uprising!
Released on: 2015-06-25
Documentary
"Levante" won Canal Futura's annual documentary competition in 2014 and was filmed in Brazil, Mexico...
No Address
Released on: 1988-01-01
Documentary
This feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin examines the plight of Native people who come to...
David Lynch: The Art Life
Released on: 2017-02-15
Documentary
An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing i...
Standing Army
Released on: 2010-01-10
Documentary
Standing Army, directed by Enrico Parenti and Thomas Fazi, is an award-winning documentary film abou...
Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film
Released on: 2017-02-19
Documentary
The film follows Postcommodity, an interdisciplinary arts collective comprised of Raven Chacon, Cris...
Rio Uruçumirim
Released on: 2009-09-09
Documentary
Rescue bridge of the Tupinambá de Uruçumirim village, headquarters of the Tamoia Confederation until...
Masks
Released on: 2016-07-02
Documentary
It is difficult to characterize Slobodan Tišma. He is unique and versatile. He wanders with joy thro...
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
Released on: 2015-12-28
Documentary
Michael Palin discovers the story of 17th-century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi. He unearths ...
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
Released on: 1983-07-05
Documentary
David Hockney is unquestionably one of the most passionate and versatile experimental artists on the...
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Released on: 2021-04-29
Documentary
Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and th...
Foster Child
Released on: 1987-03-08
Documentary
Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to h...
Post New Bills: The Story of Green Patriot Posters
Released on: 2014-01-17
Documentary
A short documentary illustrating how art can influence public perception towards environmental issue...
Inhabitants
Released on: 2021-03-19
Documentary
For millennia, Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of...
No Māori Allowed
Released on: 2022-10-18
Documentary, Drama
When an academic unearths a forgotten history, residents of the small township of Pukekohe, includin...
No Place is Far Away
Released on: 2012-11-05
Documentary
The story of a town at the mercy of a landscape in transformation; standing on the brink of an encro...
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
Released on: 2005-03-22
TV Movie, Documentary
Never before has the extraordinary life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo been framed in relation to the...
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
Released on: 2017-11-29
Documentary
Traces the life and mental illness of New York artist and photographer Ruth Litoff, and her sister's...
DEVO
Released on: 2024-01-21
Documentary, Music
Originally formed amidst the chaos of the 1970 Kent State anti-Vietnam War protest killings, the not...
When a City Rises
Released on: 2021-04-23
Documentary
Behind the gas masks of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, the often very young activists are just as d...
Repeal! Procession
Released on: 2018-04-29
Documentary
A procession from Artists' Campaign to repeal the 8th Amendment of the Republic of Ireland.