''John Ware Reclaimed'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by

Cheryl Foggo Cheryl Dawn Foggo is a Canadian author, documentary film director, screenwriter and playwright. Biography Born in Calgary, Alberta in 1956, she is descended from Black Oklahomans who settled in Maidstone, Saskatchewan in 1910. She also had ance ...

and released in 2020.Eric Volmers
"Finding John Ware: Documentary separates the man from the myth"
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North Bay Nugget The ''North Bay Nugget'' is a newspaper published in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. The paper is currently owned by Postmedia. The paper was launched in 1907 as the ''Cobalt Nugget'', during the silver boom at Cobalt, Ontario. It was acquired by bus ...

'', September 22, 2020. The film profiles John Ware, an

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

man who moved to

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

in the 1880s and became one of the province's first significant ranchers.Omayra Issa
"Documentarian with Sask. roots works to reclaim myth of John Ware, the Black Prairie cowboy"

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, September 23, 2020. Made for the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

, the film blends a portrait of her own contemporary investigation into Ware's history with animation, music and historical reenactments in which Ware is portrayed by actor Fred Whitfield. The film premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival on September 24, 2020, and was subsequently screened at the

2020 Vancouver International Film Festival The 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 39th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 24 to October 7, 2020. On September 3, organizers announced a lineup of 180 films; due to the COVID- ...

.Stephen Tipper
"New John Ware documentary debuts at Calgary International Film Festival"
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Kingston Whig-Standard ''The Kingston Whig-Standard'' is a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is published five days a week, from Tuesday to Saturday. It publishes a mix of community, national and international news and is currently owned by Postmedia. It has ...

'', September 24, 2020.

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* 2020 films 2020 documentary films Canadian documentary films Documentary films about Black Canadians National Film Board of Canada documentaries Films shot in Alberta 2020s English-language films 2020s Canadian films {{2020s-Canada-documentary-film-stub