The Paradox of Norval Morrisseau

• 0.0 Documentary
• 1974-01-01
• 28 minutes mins

In this revealing study of Norval Morrisseau, filmed as he works among the lakes and woodlands of his ancestors, we see a remarkable Indigenous artist who emerged from a life of obscurity in the North American bush to become one of Canada's most renowned painters. Morrisseau the man is much like his paintings: vital and passionate, torn between his Ojibway heritage and the influences of the white man's world.

Starring:

Norval Morrisseau (Himself) Jack Pollack (Himself) Shingoose (Singer)

Director:

Duke Redbird Henning Jacobsen

Writer:

Bruce Martín