Loretta Todd
Loretta Sarah Todd is a Canadian Indigenous documentary filmmaker. Her films have been screened at the Sundance Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the American Indian Film Festival, the Yamagata International [Documentary Film Festival], and in the Museum of Modern Art.
Todd’s work encompasses Indigenous media. Todd herself is Indigenous Cree/Metis.
Career
Filmography
Halfway HouseBreaking CampRobes of PowerBlue NeonThe Storyteller in the CityDay Glo WrestlerEagle RunThe Healing CircleTaking Care of Our OwnThe Learning PathHands of History Voice-Life No More SecretsThrough the Lens: an Alternative Look at Filmmaking Forgotten Warriors Today is a Good Day Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go On Tansi! Nehiyawetan- Skye & Chang pilot
- Coyote’s Crazy Smart Science Show
- Fierce Girls
- ''Monkey Beach''
Selected awards and nominations
- Rockefeller Fellow
- ImagineNATIVE Lifetime Achievement Award
- Taos Mountain Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Sundance Scriptwriters Lab
- Chicago International Film Festival - Silver Hugo for The Learning Path.
- Two Rivers Film Festival - New Visionary Award for The Learning Path.
- American Film and Video Festival - Blue Ribbon for The Learning Path.
- Genie Award - Best Short Documentary nomination for Forgotten Warriors
- American Indian Film Festival - Winner for Best Live Short: Subject for Skye & Chang
- Women in Film & Television Vancouver’s Spotlight Awards - Winner 2018 Innovation Award
- American Indian Film Festival - Best Documentary Film for Today is a Good Day: Remembering Chief Dan George
- American Indian Film Festival - Best Documentary Film for Forgotten Warriors
- HotDocs - Best History Documentary for ''Forgotten Warriors''