Today Is a Good Day: Remembering Chief Dan George
(1998, 55 min. Documentary) CANADA
Producer: Loretta Todd (Métis/Cree)
Director: Loretta Todd (Métis/Cree)

With his sensitive, intelligent, and dignified portrayals of Natives and his tireless activism, Chief Dan George (Coast Salish) helped change the notion of who Indians were for generations of moviegoers. In this documentary, Loretta Todd, one of Canada's foremost Native filmmakers, uses archival footage and interviews with George's family and
filmmakers, including Arthur Penn and Dustin Hoffman, to explain how and why George became such a seminal figure in the history of modern Native representation.

Image credits: Loretta Todd - courtesy of the filmmaker