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Thread #123994   Message #2789460
Posted By: GUEST,bankley
16-Dec-09 - 03:48 AM
Thread Name: The Ballad of Crowfoot (Willie Dunn)
Subject: RE: The Ballad Of Crowfoot - Willie Dunn
PM me Tim, I'll give you info....

'The Other Side of the Ledger' is a film worth seeing also.. esp. with all the current TV ads by the Hudson's Bay Company in the run up to the winter Olympics,,
That flim looks at HBC from the Native perspective and was 'banned' in Canada when it first appeared in 1970, the 300th anniversary of HBC. It was later released after it was doing well in the UK, France etc..which caused further embarrasment to the Company.. This was in the wake of 'Crowfoot' which had already established Willie as an important film maker and songwriter...well before Wounded Knee 2, and Dances with Wolves...

He's a great character and we sure have had a lot of fun and interesting adventures together... my stories are many..
We're supposed to get back in the studio in the New Year and try a few things...

thanks Bobad... I hope a few more folks become acquainted with the vital contributions he has made to film and 'folk' music in this country...