Club Native

Club Native
Club Native
Directed by	Tracey Deer
Written by	Tracey Deer
Produced by	Catherine Bainbridge; Christina Fon; Linda Ludwick;
Narrated by	Tracey Deer
Cinematography	Jeff Dorn
Edited by	Carl Freed
Music by	Mona Laviolette; Linda Ludwick;
Release date	October 16, 2008 (Canada);
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Club Native is a 2008 documentary film by Tracey Deer, exploring Mohawk identity, community and tribal blood quantum laws. The film looks at how women in Deer's home community of Kahnawake risk losing their right to live on the reserve, after marrying non-natives.^[1]^[2]

The film received the Canada Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for best Canadian multi-cultural program and a Gemini Award for best documentary writing.^[3] Club Native also received the award for Best Documentary at the Dreamspeakers Festival in Edmonton, the award for Best Canadian Film at the First Peoples' Festival and the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Documentary at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. The film was co-produced by Rezolution Pictures and the National Film Board of Canada.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Cole, Susan G. (October 8–15, 2008). "Club Native". Now Magazine. Vol. 28, no. 6. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
^ "Club Native". Hot Docs. 17 April 2009. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
^ Griffin, John (December 5, 2009). "Tracey Deer is shattering stereotypes". Montreal Gazette. Canwest. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
^ "Club Native". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2009.

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[cole-1] Cole, Susan G. (October 8–15, 2008). "Club Native". Now Magazine. Vol. 28, no. 6. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

[Fernie-2] "Club Native". Hot Docs. 17 April 2009. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

[Griffin-3] Griffin, John (December 5, 2009). "Tracey Deer is shattering stereotypes". Montreal Gazette. Canwest. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2009.

[CN_NFB-4] "Club Native". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2009.

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v t e Rezolution Pictures
Founders	Ernest Webb Catherine Bainbridge
Producers	Christina Fon Linda Ludwick
Directors	Tracey Deer Neil Diamond
Works	Cree Spoken Here (2001) One More River (2005) Heavy Metal: A Mining Disaster in Northern Quebec (2005) Mohawk Girls (2005) Dab Iyiyuu (2007) Mommy Mommy (2007) Rez Rides (2008) The Last Explorer (2008) Moose TV (2008) Club Native (2008) Reel Injun (2009) Down the Mighty River (2010) Smoke Traders (2012) Indians + Aliens (2013) The Wolverine: The Fight of the James Bay Cree (2014) The Oka Legacy (2015) Working it out Together (2015) Mohawk Girls (TV series) (2017) Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017) Dream Catcher Bio (2018) Searching for Cleopatra (2020) Aging Well (2020) Gespe'Gewa'Gi-Last Land (2022) Truth and Lies (2023)