In 2004 first time filmmaker Aaron James Sorensen privately raised enough money to make a feature film from a script he had written, portraying an endearing portrait of life in a remote northern Alberta Cree community, and the colourful characters who call it home. A good-hearted movie about a good-hearted people – sprinkled with
snowmobiles, old-dogs, and good country music.
The film, “Hank Williams First Nation,” became a critically acclaimed audience favourite wherever it played, at festivals throughout
North America and in cities and communities across Canada, becoming the third top grossing English language film of 2005. And now the feature film has done something unheard of in Canada. Unlike “Trailer Park Boys,” “Kids in the Hall” and “Strange Brew,” which were all feature films based on television series, “Hank
William’s First Nation” is the first television series to be based on a Canadian Englishlanguage feature film.
Get the whole story in PDF
snowmobiles, old-dogs, and good country music.
The film, “Hank Williams First Nation,” became a critically acclaimed audience favourite wherever it played, at festivals throughout
North America and in cities and communities across Canada, becoming the third top grossing English language film of 2005. And now the feature film has done something unheard of in Canada. Unlike “Trailer Park Boys,” “Kids in the Hall” and “Strange Brew,” which were all feature films based on television series, “Hank
William’s First Nation” is the first television series to be based on a Canadian Englishlanguage feature film.
Get the whole story in PDF
or the Press Kit for the Movie
n.b. Super big congratulations Aaron. It seems to have taken awhile for local news from Dixonville Alberta to trickle down to Farmington New Mexico but it got here. I can't wait to find a DVD copy of the movie.
No comments:
Post a Comment