Peace Pipeline
2022 CATEGORY AWARD: INDIGENOUS AND FIRST NATIONS
FINALIST FILM: INDIGENOUS AND FIRST NATIONS
Theme: Human Connection
Please note there is some bad language at ~16 minutes
Directed by: Gitz Crazyboy and Tito Ybarra
Country of Origin: Canada
Comedians and activists Gitz Crazyboy and Tito Ybarra pose as a indigenous energy company sharing plans to reroute Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline through the wealthy white suburbs of Duluth, MN, to more fairly share the risks oil pipelines bring to indigenous lands—with shocking and hilarious results.
Director Biography - Gitz Crazyboy and Tito Ybarra
Gitz Crazyboy is a Denesuthine and Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot) activist and youth worker who de-colonizes indigenous studies and teaches the history of Canada’s indigenous population. Working on reservations in rural areas and in cities, he educates on the destructive nature of the development of the Tar Sands. He is an author ("The Secret of the Stars"), an actor (credits include the Darren Aronofsky film "Mother!") and an impresario (he hosted an episode of VICE’s "Rise," and played both himself and a comic fictional character in "The Yes Men Are Revolting").
Tito Ybarra is an Anishinaabe and Mexican comedian, pow-wow singer, actor and activist. He is well known in Indian Country for his stand-up, and he has appeared in the TV series "United Shades of America," the film "Injunuity," and he played both himself and a comic fictional character in "The Yes Men Are Revolting." He has also been featured on Funny or Die, and has worked with legendary Native sketch comedy troupe the 1491s. https://www.youtube.com/user/TitoComedy
Credits
Director - Gitz Crazyboy
Director - Tito Ybarra
Producer - Igor Vamos
Producer - Keil Orion Troisi
Producer - Winona LaDuke
Producer - Allen Richardson
Producer - The Yes Men
Writer - Gitz Crazyboy
Writer - Tito Ybarra
Writer - Keil Orion Troisi
Writer - Andy Bichlbaum
Key Cast:
Gitz Crazyboy - "Carl Iron Eyes"
Tito Ybarra - "Coyote "Mick" Tomi"
Andy Bichlbaum - "Steve Spiller"
Editors - Sadie Luetmer
Editors - Igor Vamos