Johnny Tootall


Johnny Tootall is a 2005 television film written and directed by Shirley Cheechoo. The film stars Adam Beach as the titular Johnny Tootall, a young First Nations man who joins the Canadian army to fight in the Bosnian War, in a bid to avoid the responsibility of taking on the role of hereditary chief of his community.
The film was shot around Vancouver Island, British Columbia with the Ahousaht Nations people.
It won "Best Film" honors at the 2005 American Indian Film Festival.

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