Animated short inspired by the life of Norval Morrisseau's grandson nominated for Genie Award

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* The Genies are the Cana­dian equiv­a­lent of the Oscars


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CHOKE Poster
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On January 17th, 2012 the Acad­emy of Cana­dian Cin­ema & Tele­vi­sion at simul­ta­ne­ous news con­fer­ences in Toronto and Montreal nominated CHOKE in the Best Ani­mated Short category of the 32nd Annual Genie Awards.


CHOKE
/Written & Directed By Michelle Latimer; Produced By Michelle Latimer & David Miller/

When Jimmy leaves his First Nations reser­va­tion, drawn by the lures of city life, he finds him­self confronting a world he could never have imag­ined. In his encoun­ters with the city’s lost souls, he is reminded that no mat­ter how far you travel, you can­not escape who you are. Inspired by the life of the late teenaged artist Kyle Morris­seau (grandson of famed painter Nor­val Mor­risseau), Choke uses stop-motion ani­ma­tion to explore themes of urban iso­la­tion and the indi­vid­ual search for iden­tity in mod­ern society.


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Source: 'Five animated shorts nominated for Genie Award'
            /Big Cartoon News/


Note: Kyle Morriseau (1992-2009) was from Keewaywin First Nation, Ontario, CANADA. He started painting in January 2008, after the passing of his grandfather Norval Morrisseau. He felt proud to help keep the Morrisseau family tradition and stories alive. He had three art shows with his father Christian and one with his grandfather’s works. Kyle Morriseau was a student at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay, Ontario.


>>> Reference posts:
- IN MEMORIAM: Kyle Morriseau (1992-2009),
- The Last Homecoming of Norval Morrisseau (Part I),
- The Last Homecoming of Norval Morrisseau (Part II),
- Norval Morrisseau's Family (Part I),
- Norval Morrisseau's Family (Part II) &
- In memory of Harriet Morrisseau (Kakegamic).

* Norval Morrisseau & Harriet Morrisseau (Kakegamic) have 7 children by direct bloodline (David, Michael, Peter, Eugene, Christian, Victoria and Lisa), 17 Grandchildren and 13 Great Grandchildren.