THE BALLAD OF CROWFOOT

Directed by Willie Dunn · 1968

Through a rapid montage of archival photographs, etchings and newspaper clippings, Mi'kmaq singer-songwriter Willie Dunn's impassioned ballad traces the story of Blackfoot leader Crowfoot and the dispossession of Indigenous peoples across North America.

A landmark of Indigenous filmmaking: a fierce protest ballad fused with archival images that still lands with startling force.

This short film examines the situation of Aboriginal people in North America through the figure of Crowfoot, the legendary 19th-century Blackfoot leader of the Plains. A rapid montage of archival photos, etchings and con

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