For John / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; written and directed by Dale Montour, produced by Alanis Obomsawin.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Montour, Dale, film director, screenwriter.

Obomsawin, Alanis, film producer.

National Film Board of Canada.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diablo, John.

Mohawk Indians--Québec (Province)--Kanesatake Indian Reserve--Biography.

Mohawk Indians.

Suicide victims--Québec (Province)--Kanesatake Indian Reserve--Biography.

Suicide victims.

Drug addicts--Québec (Province)--Kanesatake Indian Reserve--Biography.

Drug addicts.

Minorities--Suicidal behavior--Québec (Province)--Kanesatake Indian Reserve.

Minorities.

Minorities--Suicidal behavior.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Biographical films.

Biographies.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (52 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2015]

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

John Diabo was a cherished member of a tight-knit family in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, near Montreal, Quebec. Nevertheless, John had been tortured by drug addiction for more than a decade. In 1998, he ended his own life at the age of thirty-one.

Credits:

Edited by James Malloch ; original music composed by Eric Lemoyne ; camera, Philippe Amiguet, Moira Simpson.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, c2003.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed July 29, 2015).

Publisher Number:

nf-forj Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.