There Are No Fakes

1h 53min

Documentary

Norval Morrisseau was the first Indigenous Canadian artist to be taken seriously in the art world. By the turn of this century his work commanded tens of thousands of dollars. So when Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Kevin Hearn learned his prized painting was a forgery, he sued. But as Jamie Kastner's doc reveals, there was a cottage industry in fake Morrisseaus, an industry that flourished unchecked for years, feeding on greed, exploitation, racism and contempt.

Cast

Sienna Demers

Sienna Demers

Young Amanda
Norval Morrisseau

Norval Morrisseau

Self (archive footage)

Release date

29th Apr 2019

Status

Released

Spoken languages