La vie et l'oeuvre du peintre ojibway Arthur Shilling. Ses portraits, surtout, ont séduit nombre de galeries torontoises et nous contraignent à changer nos notions sur l'art indien. Après avoir connu une vie mouvementée, il construisit, de ses propres mains, un studio d'art destiné aux Indiens de sa réserve. (ONF)
Résumé anglais
The film centres on Arthur Shilling, an Ojibwa artist from the Rama Reserve on Lake Couchiching, Ontario. Shilling's artistic evolution is traced, as is his move to Toronto and the difficulties he encountered there. Also discussed is the illness that caused Shilling to re-evaluate his artistic goals. Interviews with the artist and others interested in his paintings are juxtaposed with examples of paintings. (ONF)