Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Alanis Obomsawin and released in 2021.[1] The film intercuts excerpts of former Canadian senator Murray Sinclair's 2016 acceptance speech, when he was presented with an award by the World Federalist Movement-Canada in honour of his role as chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, with the personal testimonies of various survivors of the Canadian Indian residential school system.[2]

Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
Directed byAlanis Obomsawin
Written byAlanis Obomsawin
Produced byAlanis Obomsawin
StarringMurray Sinclair
CinematographyGerman Gutierrez
Edited byAlison Burns
Music byLauren Bélec
Michel Dubeau
Production
company
Release date
  • September 2021 (2021-09) (TIFF)
Running time
29 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, as part of its special Celebrating Alanis retrospective of Obomsawin's films.[3]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021.[4]

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