NFB making good progress on Indigenous Action Plan; renews agreements with QEPC, ELAN

MONTREAL – The National Film Board of Canada says that it is one year ahead of schedule on its pledge to spend at least 15% of its production funding on Indigenous works.Announced in June 2017, the NFB’s three-year Indigenous Action Plan contains 33 commitments in the main areas of production, distribution, organizational transformation and industry leadership.The organization said that production is underway or recently completed on 40 works by Indigenous creators from across Canada, including Tasha Hubbard’s award-winning feature doc nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, the first Indigenous film to open Hot Docs and currently in theatres across Canada; Michelle Latimer’s...