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May 2004
 Jeff
Bear (Maliseet) produces independent documentaries
with director Marianne Jones (Haida) at Urban Rez Productions
in Vancouver. Since 2002 Urban Rez has produced the 26-part series
Ravens and Eagles, for broadcast on the Aboriginal Public
Television Network. At the 2001 Banff Television Festival, the
documentary Burnt Church: Obstruction of Justice won the
Telefilm/APTN award for Best English Language Production. Bear
has worked in video and television for 17 years. He received the
2000 Leo Award for Best Information Series as the producer of
First Story, an aboriginal current affairs program broadcast
in Canada on CTV and APTN. A past editor-in-chief of Kahtou
magazine, he has written widely about aboriginal political and
cultural representation in Canada. Bear speaks the Maliseet language
fluently and was raised in Tobique First Nation, New Brunswick.
"Every culture has a right to tell its own story. I have
produced my work in the shadows of the cultural hegemony of American
and Canadian media giants without giving up the basic teachings
of my past. I would like to be known as a person who is here to
help create cinema that is by us, for us, about us!"
Screened by NMAI
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Image credit:
Jeff Bear - courtesy of the filmmaker; Production shot - courtesy
of the filmmaker
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