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The Beauty of My People - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB526141
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producing Agencies: Nova Productions (Toronto)
Subject: Architecture, Arts, Career Education, Documentary, First Nations Studies, Health and Medicine, Indigenous Peoples
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1977
Running Time: 29:12
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The Beauty of My People - DVD 
Catalogue Number: NFB526141
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producing Agencies: Nova Productions (Toronto)
Subject: Architecture, Arts, Career Education, Documentary, First Nations Studies, Health and Medicine, Indigenous Peoples
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1977
Running Time: 29:12
Click here for pricing
The film centres on Arthur Shilling, an Ojibwa artist from the Rama Reserve on Lake Couchiching, Ontario. Shilling's artistic evolution is traced, as is his move to Toronto and the difficulties he encountered there. Also discussed is the illness that caused Shilling to re-evaluate his artistic goals. Interviews with the artist and others interested in his paintings are juxtaposed with examples of paintings.