Je m'appelle humain
Kim O'Bomsawin, 2020
Kim O'Bomsawin, 2020
Awards and nominations: At the Quebec City Film festival, the film won the Prix Jury collégial. At Cinefest, it won the Audience Choice Award for documentaries, and at VIFF, it won the juried award for Best Canadian Documentary Film. It received three Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021 (Best Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Hugo Gendron, Michel Valiquette) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Alexandre Lachance)). It also won the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2021.
Language: French & Innu-aimun with English subtitles
Synopsis: After spending most of her life working as an Innu language translator and transcriber, Joséphine Bacon rose to fame late in life in her second career as an award-winning poet. This moving profile frames her life and work in a new context, offering a deeply personal look at an important literary figure in Canada.