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Now Is the Time is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Christopher Auchter and released in 2019. Created to mark the 50th anniversary of Haida artist Robert Davidson carving and erecting a totem pole on Haida Gwaii in 1969 for the first time in nearly a century, the film blends historical footage from Eugene Boyko's 1970 documentary film This Was the Time with contemporary footage, including the now elderly Davidson's own reflections on the historic importance of his project. The film was made as part of a National Film Board of Canada project, encouraging indigenous filmmakers to make new works responding to and recontextualizing the sometimes colonialist outsider perspectives reflected in many of the organization's old documentaries on First Nations and Inuit cultures.
Original Release
09/06/2019
Cast
Name | Character |
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Victor Adams | Self |
Florence Davidson | Self |
Reg Davidson | Self |
Robert Davidson | Self |
Jane Kristovich | Self / Voice |
Percy Rodriguez | Self |
Joe Weir | Self |
Barbara Wilson | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Victor Adams | Self |
Florence Davidson | Self |
Reg Davidson | Self |
Robert Davidson | Self |
Jane Kristovich | Self / Voice |
Percy Rodriguez | Self |
Joe Weir | Self |
Barbara Wilson | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Shirley Vercruysse | Executive Producer |
Selwyn Jacob | Producer |
Jennifer Roworth | Producer |
Teri Snelgrove | Producer |