''3 Indian Tales'' (french: 3 histoires d'indiens) is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by

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and released in 2014. Using a cast of non-professional actors, the film tells three stories of First Nations youth: Erik wants to open a community television station, Shayne listens to classical music as he travels to a mining site, Shandy-Ève and Marie-Claude pray to Saint

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. Morin made the film with the goal of encouraging viewers to reconsider their prejudices of First Nations by dramatizing the stories of real youth who are not falling into the stereotypes, but instead are engaged and ambitious and living with passion and purpose."«3 histoires d'Indiens», Robert Morin bouscule les préjugés"
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'', April 6, 2014. He shot the film with indigenous youth from the

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and Lac-Simon reserves in the

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region of Quebec. The film premiered at the

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Awards

The film received five Prix Jutra nominations at the

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(Morin),

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(Morin),

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(Morin, Bruno Bélanger, Louis Collin, Bernard Gariépy Strobl) and Best Editing (Michel Giroux). It was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2015."Tu dors Nicole remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois"
TVA Nouvelles, March 14, 2015.

References

External links

* 2014 films Canadian docufiction films Films shot in Quebec Films directed by Robert Morin First Nations films Films set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-documentary-film-stub