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One Dead Indian
(made for tv movie)
CTV's One Dead Indian doesn't pull any punches TV
movie shines light on Ipperwash crisis, killing
-Winnipeg Free Press
(Wed Jan 4 2006)
By Sheryl Ubelacker
TORONTO -- In a society that prizes its reputation
for multicultural tolerance and inclusion, the title of CTV's latest
small-screen movie offering seems shocking for its bald-faced political
incorrectness. And One Dead Indian (today, 7 p.m.) doesn't pull any
punches when it comes to content, either. The movie is based on the
book of the same name by Toronto Star reporter Peter Edwards, who wanted
the title to illustrate the injustice and prejudice involved in the
Ipperwash crisis, which culminated in the death of aboriginal protester
Dudley George.
(read more.....)
Movie takes sides in deadly standoff -
Ottawa Sun (Wed. Jan.
4. 2006)
by Steve Tilly
A man nicknamed for a cartoon Mountie who could do no
wrong became the first Native protester killed by police in more than a
century. There's a tragic irony in there somewhere. And while CTV's very
timely movie One Dead Indian glosses over much of the thorny politics
and backstory surrounding the Ipperwash crisis of 1995, it does succeed
in reminding us a human being lost his life for supporting a cause he
believed in.
Airing tonight at 8 on CTV, One Dead Indian recounts the story of
Anthony O'Brien "Dudley" George, who was shot and killed by an OPP
officer on Sept. 6, 1995. The shooting happened just two days after a
group of First Nations men, women and children occupied a section of
Ipperwash Provincial Park near Sarnia, part of a long-standing dispute
over land entitlement.
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Justice For One:
The official inquiry into the death of protester
Dudley George continues next week, writes JENNIE PUNTER. Tonight, a TV
movie uncovers the story's heart and soul
Ipperwash Provincial Park is cold and quiet these
days. Aside from snow cover and the chill that turns the waves of Lake
Huron into massive hunks of ice, the Southern Ontario park is officially
closed to visitors. But a new TV movie revisits a time when things
weren't so serene.
One Dead Indian, which premieres on CTV tonight at 8
(EST), is a dramatic recounting of events surrounding the shooting death
of Dudley George, one of 30 or so members of the Kettle and Stoney Point
communities and their supporters who gathered in Ipperwash Provincial
Park in early September, 1995, to protest a long-standing ancestral
burial-ground claim.
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