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Call Me Human

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Call Me Human
Film poster
FrenchJe m'appelle humain
Directed byKim O'Bomsawin
Written byKim O'Bomsawin
Produced byAndrée-Anne Frenette
StarringJoséphine Bacon
CinematographyHugo Gendron
Michel Valiquette
Edited byAlexandre Lachance
Music byAlain Auger
Production
company
Terre Innue
Distributed byMaison 4:3
Release date
  • September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18) (FCVQ)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesFrench
Innu-aimun

Call Me Human (French: Je m'appelle humain) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Kim O'Bomsawin and released in 2020.[1] The film is a portrait of Innu poet Joséphine Bacon.[2]

The film premiered at the Quebec City Film Festival.[3] It was subsequently screened at the 2020 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival and the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, and had its commercial premiere on November 13.[1]

Awards

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At the Quebec City Film festival, the film was cowinner of the Prix Jury collégial with Alexandre Rockwell's Sweet Thing.[4] At Cinefest, it won the Audience Choice Award for documentaries,[5] and at VIFF, it won the juried award for Best Canadian Documentary Film.[6]

The film initially received three Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Hugo Gendron, Michel Valiquette) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Alexandre Lachance).[7] After the organization decided to add the eligible documentary films to its Public Prize ballot, the film was also named as a nominee in that category.[8]

The film won the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2021.[9]

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