Johnny Greyeyes is a 2000 Canadian drama film, directed by Jorge Manzano.Mary Jane Miller, Screening Culture: Constructing Image and Identity. Lexington Books, 2003. . Chapter "'Living within and between Various Worlds and Identities" by Heather Norris Nicholson, pp. 223-236. The film was originally planned as a documentary about Indigenous women in prison, but was rewritten as a scripted drama based on the personal testimonies of women who had been interviewed.
The film stars Gail Maurice as Johnny Greyeyes, a First Nations woman who falls in love with another woman (Columpa Bobb) in prison.Rachel Giese, "Impossible love: An untold story escapes from prison". Daily Xtra, November 14, 2001. Its cast also includes Georgina Lightning, Jonathan Fisher, Gloria May Eshkibok, Tamara Podemski and Shirley Cheechoo.
The film premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the 2000 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Film.
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