Catherine Bainbridge

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Catherine Bainbridge is a Canadian director, writer, and producer. She co-founded Rezolution Pictures, a Montreal-based film and television production company focusing primarily on Canadian Aboriginal productions, with director/writer/producer Ernest Webb in 2001.

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Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana wrote and directed Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World to highlight the role of Indigenous artists in American music history.

With Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond she codirected the award-winning 2009 documentary Reel Injun , about the portrayal of Native Americans in movies, [1] and the 2024 documentary Red Fever , about cultural appropriation and the Western world's pop culture fascination with the stereotypical imagery of Indigenous people. [2]

Filmography

YearFilm Director Producer Writer Awards and NominationsNotes
2004One More River: The Deal That Split the CreeYesDocumentary
2004Heavy Metal: A Mining Disaster in Northern QuebecYesYesDocumentary
2007 Mommy, Mommy YesYesTV movie documentary
2007 Moose TV YesTV series
2008 Club Native YesDocumentary
2009The Last ExplorerYesDocumentary
2009 Reel Injun YesYesYesWon - Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program, Canada Award (2009)

Nominated - Gemini Award - Donald Brittain Award (2010)

Documentary
2010Down the Mighty RiverYesYesTV mini-series Documentary
2010 Independent Lens YesYesYesTV series documentary
2011Working It Out TogetherYesTV series documentary
2012Smoke TradersYesYesYesDocumentary
2013Indians + Aliens IYesTV series documentary
2014Working It Out Together IIYesTV series documentary
2014The Wolverine: The Fight of the James Bay CreeYesDocumentary Short
2015The Oka LegacyYesDocumentary
2016Butterhead's Guide to the GalaxyYesTV mini-series
2017 Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World YesYesWon - Biograflim Festival Audience Award for Biografilm Music (2017)

Won - Boulder International Film Festival Best Music Documentary (2017)

Won - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Audience Award, Best Documentary (2017)

Won - Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize in Masterful Storytelling for World Cinema - Documentary (2017)

Nominated - Sydney Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary (2017)

Nominated - Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival Golden Alexander in International Competition (2017)

Nominated - Cleveland International Film Festival Music Movies Competition (2017)

Documentary
2010 - 2017 Mohawk Girls YesYesNominated - Canadian Screen Award for Best Comedy Series (2010, 2016)TV series
2024 Red Fever YesYesCodirected with Neil Diamond

References

  1. Skenderis, Stephanie (18 February 2010). "A reel shame". CBC News . Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  2. Maimann, Kevin (15 June 2024). "Red Fever asks why the West is obsessed with Indigenous cultural stereotypes". Entertainment. CBC News. Retrieved 17 June 2024.