Johnny Tootall

Johnny Tootall is a 2005 television film written and directed by Shirley Cheechoo.

[1] The film stars Adam Beach as the titular Johnny Tootall, a young First Nations man who joins the Canadian army to fight in the Bosnian War, in a bid to avoid the responsibility of taking on the role of hereditary chief of his community.

[1] The film was shot around Vancouver Island, British Columbia with the Ahousaht Nations people.

[2] It won "Best Film" honors at the 2005 American Indian Film Festival.

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