The Pretendians (2022)
- Directed by
- Paul Kemp, Drew Hayden Taylor
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary looks at people who falsely claim Indigenous identity in Canada. It discusses topics like fake Indigenous art and follows the search for a major offender who refuses to be confronted.
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What happens
The Pretendians is a Canadian television documentary film, directed by Drew Hayden Taylor and released in 2022. The film explores the issue of people falsely claiming Indigenous status despite a lack of any documented First Nations, Métis or Inuit heritage, covering the issue from a variety of facets including the production of fake Indigenous art and the efforts to track down a significant false claimant of Indigenous identity who has resisted any efforts to confront him on it. The film debuted on September 30, 2022, as an episode of The Passionate Eye. The film won the Donald Brittain Award for best social or political television documentary at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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