Join us for our second Innis College x Office of Indigenous Initiatives Film Club screening on Thursday, January 16, 2025.
Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound yet hidden Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity. The film follows Cree co-director Neil Diamond as he asks, “Why do they love us so much?” and sets out on a journey to find out why the world is so fascinated with the stereotypical imagery of Native people that is all over pop culture. Why have Indigenous cultures been revered, romanticized, and appropriated for so long, and to this day? Red Fever uncovers the surprising truths behind the imagery so buried in history that even most Native people don’t know about them.
- 6:30pm – Doors Open, welcome with Traditional Cedar Tea
- 6:45pm – Opening Remarks and Smudge
- 7:00pm – Film Screening (104 mins) – Red Fever
- 8:45pm – Q&A/Audience Discussion and Reflection with John Croutch and Andrea Johns
- 9:15pm – Event Ends
Town Hall, Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave
John Croutch is Anishinaabe on his mother’s side and of German/Canadian settler descent on his father’s side. John is a status Indian and a proud member of Wikwemikong (wick-wem-ee-kong) Unceded First Nation on Manitoulin Island. Since 2018, John has been the tri-campus Indigenous Training Coordinator with the Office of Indigenous Initiatives at the University of Toronto. Previously, John was the Indigenous Student Liaison at the Office of Indigenous Health within the Faculty of Medicine. In his capacity as Indigenous Training Coordinator, John has developed training sessions on the barriers to Indigenous allyship, a two-part module on the colonial history of Canada and its present-day impacts on Indigenous peoples and communities, and a final session on Indigenous land acknowledgments. Students, staff, faculty, and librarians receive a Certificate of Completion after completing all four modules in the Indigenous Learning Series.
Andrea Johns (she/her) is a member of the Kanien’kehá:ha (Gan-yan-ghey-ha) Mohawk Nation (Six Nations of the Grand River) and is a University of Toronto ’21 alumni. Andrea holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction as a Specialist in Indigenous Studies and a double minor in Book and Media Studies/Creative Expression and Society. She currently is an Indigenous Training Coordinator with the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and a TA for Introduction to Indigenous Studies at the University of Toronto.
In her spare time, Andrea is an avid beadworker and artist, where her work has been showcased at the biennial Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival, the Museum of London, and in the gift shops at the Royal Ontario Museum, Textile Museum of Canada, and the Art Gallery of Hamilton.