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Part 1: The Con­ve­nient Pre­tendi­an”

Michelle Latimer was the buzzi­est Cana­di­an direc­tor and showrun­ner of 2020. But it all came crash­ing down in Decem­ber when a CBC inves­ti­ga­tion called into ques­tion her Indige­nous iden­ti­ty claims.

Latimer’s doc­u­men­tary Incon­ve­nient Indi­an pre­miered at TIFF and reaped plau­dits and awards. It’s now been pulled from dis­tri­b­u­tion. Her series Trick­ster, based on a nov­el by Eden Robin­son, debuted on the CBC and was slat­ed for a sec­ond sea­son. It’s been cancelled.

Why does the Cana­di­an cul­tur­al estab­lish­ment make dar­lings of fig­ures like Latimer? Ryan McMa­hon joins Jesse to discuss.

Then doc­u­men­tary film­mak­er Alethea Arnaquq-Bar­il, who is fea­tured in Incon­ve­nient Indi­an, con­sid­ers the ethics and respon­si­bil­i­ty of sto­ry­telling, and why this con­tro­ver­sy has been hurt­ful to so many Indige­nous people.

And Steven Lons­dale, whose seal hunt Latimer filmed for Incon­ve­nient Indi­an, explains what he’d like to see done with that footage.