Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

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Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
Directed by Alanis Obomsawin
Written byAlanis Obomsawin
Produced byAlanis Obomsawin
Starring Murray Sinclair
Cinematography German Gutierrez
Edited byAlison Burns
Music byLauren Bélec
Michel Dubeau
Production
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Release date
  • September 2021 (2021-09)(TIFF)
Running time
29 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Alanis Obomsawin and released in 2021. [1] The film intercuts excerpts of former Canadian senator Murray Sinclair's 2016 acceptance speech, when he was presented with an award by the World Federalist Movement-Canada in honour of his role as chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, with the personal testimonies of various survivors of the Canadian Indian residential school system. [2]

The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, as part of its special Celebrating Alanis retrospective of Obomsawin's films. [3]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021. [4]

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