External links
- Crazywater at IMDb
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| Crazywater | |
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| Directed by | Dennis Allen |
| Written by | Dennis Allen Carmen Pollard |
| Produced by | Selwyn Jacob |
| Cinematography | Kirk Tougas |
| Edited by | Carmen Pollard |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Crazywater is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Dennis Allen and released in 2013. [1] Adapted from Brian Maracle's non-fiction book Crazywater: Native Voices on Addiction and Recovery, [2] the film centres on the issue of alcoholism in First Nations communities. [3]
The film premiered on November 4, 2013, at the American Indian Film Festival, [2] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2014 Available Light Film Festival. [4] Allen subsequently took the film on a nine-stop tour of communities in the Northwest Territories, as part of a special film festival devoted to mental health and addiction awareness. [5]
At the 2014 DOXA Documentary Film Festival, the film received an honorable mention from the Colin Low Award jury. [6]
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