Red Fever
{{Infobox film
| name = Red Fever
| image = Red Fever Poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Neil Diamond
Catherine Bainbridge
| producer = Lisa M. Roth
| writer = Neil Diamond
Catherine Bainbridge
| starring =
| music = Pura Fe
Jesse Zubot
| cinematography =
| editing = Rebecca Lessard
| studio = Rezolution Pictures
| distributor = Les Films du 3 mars
| released = {{film date|2024|5|1|Hot Docs}}
| runtime = 86 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Red Fever is a 2024 Canadian documentary film, directed by Neil Diamond and Catherine Bainbridge.Kevin Maimann, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/red-fever-documentary-1.7232961 "Red Fever asks why the West is obsessed with Indigenous cultural stereotypes"]. CBC News, June 15, 2024. The film explores mainstream Western culture's fascination with, and tendency to appropriate, indigenous culture without fully understanding it.John Hazelton, [https://www.screendaily.com/features/neil-diamond-catherine-bainbridge-talk-2024-hot-docs-world-premiere-red-fever/5192805.article "Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge talk 2024 Hot Docs world premiere ‘Red Fever’"]. Screen Daily, April 27, 2024.
The film premiered at the 2024 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. It was subsequently also screened at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming.Janet Smith, [https://www.createastir.ca/articles/doxa-documentary-film-festival-awards-2024 "Red Fever, Bye Bye Tiberias, and La Laguna del Soldado amid award winners at DOXA Documentary Film Festival"]. Stir, May 11, 2024. It entered commercial release in June 2024.Sam Laskaris, [https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/film-tackles-worlds-fascination-native-people-set-national-release "Film that tackles the world’s fascination with Native people set for national release"]. Windspeaker, June 10, 2024.
It won the Cinema Indigenized Outstanding Talent award at the 2024 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.[https://www.sudbury.com/lifestyle/the-count-of-monte-cristo-big-winner-at-cinefest-sudbury-9580887 "‘The Count of Monte-Cristo’ big winner at Cinéfest Sudbury"]. Sudbury.com, September 27, 2024.
Critical response
In Screen International, Tim Grierson called the film "a commendable educational tool that could be shown in classrooms", and "a breezy but earnest exploration of the myriad ways Indigenous societies have shaped the modern world, from contemporary fashion to democracy itself."{{Cite web |last=Grierson |first=Tim |title='Red Fever': Hot Docs Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/red-fever-hot-docs-review/5192522.article |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Screen Daily |language=en}}
In POV Magazine, Pat Mullen wrote: "Audiences expecting cutaways to notorious pretendians in entertainment and academia won’t find them. Instead of focusing on individual white people exploiting Indigenous culture for personal gain, Diamond and Bainbridge take a “bigger picture” approach. This film queries the culture that treats one part of the population as a collective mascot."{{Cite web |last=Mullen |first=Pat |date=2024-06-14 |title=Red Fever Review: Mascots No More |url=https://povmagazine.com/red-fever-review-mascots-no-more/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Point of View |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|12432272}}
Category:2024 documentary films
Category:Canadian documentary films
Category:Documentary films about First Nations
Category:2020s English-language films
Category:English-language documentary films
Category:Rezolution Pictures films
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