Shirley Cheechoo

Director · Eastmain, Quebec, Canada

Shirley Cheechoo CM (Cree: ᔒᓕᒋᒍ born 1952) is a Canadian Cree actress, writer, producer, director, and visual artist, best known for her solo-voice or monodrama play Path With No Moccasins, as well as her work with De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig theatre group. Her first break came in 1985 when she was cast on the CBC's first nations TV series Spirit Bay, and later, in 1997, she found a role on the CBC's TV series The Rez. She was named chancellor of Brock University in July 2015,[1] the institution's first female and first aboriginal chancellor.

Movies8

Movie8.0
Drama
1997 Short film by Shirley Cheechoo
Silent Tears
1997 · 1 votes
Movie6.2
FamilyRomance
A classic comedy of mistaken identity and romance set during the holiday season at a ski resort that is owned and operated by a Native American Nation. Shot on location at The Sundance Resort in Utah, this is the first contemporary romantic comedy to feature an almost entirely American Indian cast. The film was featured at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.
Christmas in the Clouds
2001 · 20 votes
Movie5.8
DramaAdventure
This adaptation of the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells the tale of a mighty Ojibwe leader as he falls in love and strives for peace.
Song of Hiawatha
1997 · 4 votes
Movie
Drama
A lawyer returns to her Cree reservation to defend her sister against murder charges.
Backroads
2000 · 1 votes
Movie7.5
ComedyDrama
When photographer Will returns home for his mother's funeral he gets more than he bargained for from a strange cast of characters on the reservation.
Medicine River
1993 · 2 votes
Movie2.9
Drama
Johnny GreyEyes is a girl from an injun family. Since her childhood she was abused by her father and one day she killed him. She was arrested and convicted by the court to a long term in local prison. Where she finds the woman, another inmate, who became for her and her family and her first love.
Johnny Greyeyes
2000 · 4 votes
Movie7.0
Documentary
In the '60s, the Mushuau Innu had to abandon their 6,000-year nomadic culture and settle in Davis Inlet. Their relocation resulted in cultural collapse and widespread despair.
Place of the Boss: Utshimassits
1996 · 1 votes
Movie9.0
The Wake
1986 · 1 votes