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Canada pulls documentary from Sundance 2021 over director’s claims to indigenous roots

Filmmaker apologizes for claiming family came from the Quebec Algonquin community.

(Photo courtesy of Sundance Institute) An image from director Michelle Latimer's documentary "Inconvenient Indian," which was selected for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Documentary competition — but was pulled by the National Film Board of Canada after questions about Latimer's claim to indigenous roots.