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
The Big One
Released on: 1997-09-06
Documentary
The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country ...
The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
Released on: 2014-06-15
Documentary, Music
A personal, accessible look at an artist - Kevin Barnes, frontman of the endlessly versatile indie p...
Balkan Erotic Epic - Single Channel Version
Released on: 2005-01-01
History, Documentary
The film explores the sexual aspects of Serbian folklore. Ancient myths that have trickled into ever...
Make Me Famous
Released on: 2023-02-17
Documentary
An investigation of Edward Brezinski, an ambitious, charismatic Lower East Side painter hell-bent on...
Whatever Happened to Gelitin
Released on: 2016-03-10
Documentary, Comedy
Art dealer Salvatore Viviano and director Angela Christlieb embark on a search for the lost artist c...
Create or Die
Released on: 2024-01-30
Documentary
In an industry that is becoming increasingly competitive, what drives indie filmmakers to keep creat...
Cidadão Jatobá
Released on: 1987-05-07
Documentary
Two Lawalapiti young men from Alto Xingu learn to build a canoe from the bark of the jatobá tree, a ...
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Released on: 2008-02-14
Documentary
Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag f...
Trashman: The Art of Spain Rodriguez
Released on: 2012-01-23
Documentary
Legendary underground cartoonist Spain Rodriguez and his friends -- cartoonists Robert Crumb and Jay...
Club Native
Released on: 2008-10-16
Documentary
With moving stories from a range of characters from her Kahnawake Reserve, Mohawk filmmaker, Tracey ...
Acorn and the Firestorm
Released on: 2017-04-23
History, Documentary, Drama
For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN advocated for America’s poorest communities, whil...
Crumb
Released on: 1994-09-10
Documentary
This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew...
Birth of a Nation
Released on: 1997-08-06
Documentary
Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independe...
Cornell, 1965
Released on: 1978-09-28
Documentary
Lawrence Jordan's portrait of the reclusive artist Joseph Cornell.
Jack Kerouac's Road: A Franco-American Odyssey
Released on: 1987-03-01
Drama, Documentary
Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writ...
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
Released on: 2021-06-19
Documentary
“Looks at the impact key movements throughout U.S. history have had in shaping our society, laws and...
Tunnel Vision
Released on: 2017-07-16
Documentary
The extraordinary story of the Melbourne community campaign that put a stop to the $18billion East W...
Baldiga: Unlocked Heart
Released on: 2024-11-28
Documentary
Using diary excerpts, photographs and memories from companions, the film paints the portrait of the ...
Maximón: Devil or Saint
Released on: 2014-02-06
Documentary
MAXIMÓN - Devil or Saint is a documentary about the controversial Maya deity, also known as San Simo...
As Long as the Rivers Run
Released on: 1971-01-01
Documentary
Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washingt...