Mehcinut

Music video for Jeremy Dutcher's "Mehcinut"
The official music video Juno award winning artist Jeremy Dutcher’s song Mehcinut.

Mehcinut

Music video for Jeremy Dutcher's "Mehcinut"
The official music video Juno award winning artist Jeremy Dutcher’s song Mehcinut.

"Mehcinut" features an iconic dance performance, choreographed by two-spirit indigenous dancer and artist Brian Solomon, featuring an all indigenous dance group, and special guest dance performance by prolific award winning actress Tantoo Cardinal. Tantoo is a Member of the Order of Canada, and she has performed more than 100 film, television and theatre roles in Canada and the US, breaking barriers for onscreen representation of Indigenous peoples and has challenged negative stereotypes of Indigenous communities throughout her career, which has included roles in Dances With Wolves (1990), Black Robe (1991), Wind River (2017) and Through Black Spruce (2019). She has won a Gemini Award, a Canadian Screen Award for lifetime achievement, and a National Aboriginal Achievement Award.

The video for Mehcinut also features Jeremy’s ‘Table of Indigenous Excellence’; who are Indigenous cultural leaders, artists, filmmakers, and activists from across Canada, who gather at an adapted installation.

Members:

Zach Cox

Credits:

Featuring: Alanis Obomsawin, Tantoo Cardinal, Arielle Twist, Chief Ladybird, A Tribe Called Red, Lido Pimienta, Emma Hassencahl-Perley,
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, & Asinnajaq
Produced by: Julie Baldassi & Joshua Howe
Directed by Chandler Levack & Jeremy Dutcher
DP: Peter Hadfield
Edit: Michael Barker
Choreography: Brian Solomon
Costume Design: Roxanne Ignatius, Michael Zoffranieri & Sage Paul
HMU: Summer Faith Garcia & Israel Garcia
Art Director: Emily Jan
Supported by: Prismprize & RBC Music
Location: Aga Khan Museum