1998 | Canada | Animation

Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

  • 21 mins
  • Director | Dana Claxton (Hunkpapa Lakota)
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his 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.

portrait painter England India Canada
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