Colonization Road (film)

Colonization Road is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Michelle St. John and released in 2016.[1] Hosted by comedian and activist Ryan McMahon and starting in his own hometown of Fort Frances, Ontario, the film explores the impact of Ontario's historic colonization road system, which formed the basis of the province's contemporary highway system, on First Nations people.[2] Some towns and cities in the province still to this day have a street named Colonization Road, and the film led some of them to debate changing their road's name.[3]

Colonization Road
Directed byMichelle St. John
Produced byShane Belcourt
Brendan Brady
Jordan O'Connor
Michelle St. John
Written byRyan McMahon
Michelle St. John
Jordan O'Connor
StarringRyan McMahon
Music byJordan O'Connor
CinematographyShane Belcourt
Edited byJohn Reed Hryszkiewicz
Jordan O'Connor
Darryl Whetung
Release date
Running time
49 minutes
CountryCanada

The film had a theatrical premiere in October 2016 at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival,[4] before airing on CBC Television's documentary series Firsthand on January 26, 2017.[2] At the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, it received a nomination for the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social or Political Documentary Program.[5]

References
  1. "Film opens second year of lecture series" Archived 2018-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. Brantford Expositor, September 17, 2017.
  2. "Film explores dark legacy of colonization roads in Muskoka and beyond". MuskokaRegion.com, January 18, 2017.
  3. "Northwestern Ontario debates its colonization roads". TVOntario, September 22, 2017.
  4. "Review: ‘Colonization Road’". Point of View, October 26, 2016.
  5. "Canadian Screen Awards 2018: Anne has leading 13 nominations". CBC News, January 16, 2018.


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