Boxed In
In this short film, a young woman of mixed ancestry struggles with an Equal Opportunity Form that requires her to respond to the dilemma: Ethnicity - Choose One.
Director
Shane Belcourt (Métis)
Belcourt is a producer, writer, and filmmaker whose directing credits include numerous shorts such as Pookums, Boxed In, and Say Yes, as well as the features Tkaronto, Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier (which won the Alanis Obomsawin Award at imagineNATIVE), Red Rover, Beautiful Scars of Tom Wilson, Warrior Song and Ni Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising, which premiered at TIFF. He also directed episodes of Urban Native Girl, CBC Docs POV, and Amplify.
Writers
Shane Belcourt (Métis), Duane Murray
Cast
Jennifer McEwan, Arnold Pinnock
Producer
Lea Marin
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English