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One of Ours (film)
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'One of Ours' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Yasmine Mathurin and released in 2021.Radheyan Simonpillai, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/hot-docs-review-one-of-ours "Hot Docs review: One Of Ours"]. 'Now', May 3, 2021. The film centres on the 2016 incident in which Josiah Wilson, a Haitian Canadian who was adopted into a Heiltsuk family and raised as a status member of the Heiltsuk Nation, was barred from participating in the All Native Basketball Tournament on the grounds that he is not indigenous by blood.Radheyan Simonpillai, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/2021s-best-movies-yasmine-mathurin-one-of-ours "2021s best movies: Yasmine Mathurin finds healing in One Of Ours"]. 'Now', December 16, 2021.
The film premiered at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/one-of-ours-doc-1.6003097 "Identity, race highlighted in documentary about basketball player barred from Indigenous tournament"]. CBC News British Columbia, April 28, 2021. where Mathurin won the special jury prize for Canadian feature documentaries.Jillian Morgan, [https://realscreen.com/2021/05/10/hot-docs-21-zo-reken-ostrov-lost-island-take-awards/ "Hot Docs 21: Zo reken, Ostrov Lost Island take awards"]. 'RealScreen', May 10, 2021. The film was subsequently nominated for the DGC Discovery Award at the 2021 Directors Guild of Canada awards.[https://broadcastdialogue.com/tv-film-news-63/ "TV & Film News DGC reveals Discovery Award long list of emerging directors to watch"]. 'Broadcast Dialogue', September 23, 2021.
It received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, and Mathurin received nominations for Best Direction in a Documentary Program and Best Writing in a Documentary Program.Brent Furdyk, [https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, Sort Of & Scarborough Lead The Pack"]. 'ET Canada', February 15, 2022.
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