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