Red Fever Explained

Red Fever
Director:Neil Diamond
Catherine Bainbridge
Producer:Lisa M. Roth
Music:Pura Fe
Jesse Zubot
Editing:Rebecca Lessard
Studio:Rezolution Pictures
Distributor:Les Films du 3 mars
Runtime:86 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Red Fever is a 2024 Canadian documentary film, directed by Neil Diamond and Catherine Bainbridge.[1] The film explores mainstream Western culture's fascination with, and tendency to appropriate, indigenous culture without fully understanding it.[2]

The film premiered at the 2024 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[2] It was subsequently also screened at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming.[3] It entered commercial release in June 2024.[4]

It won the Cinema Indigenized Outstanding Talent award at the 2024 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Kevin Maimann, "Red Fever asks why the West is obsessed with Indigenous cultural stereotypes". CBC News, June 15, 2024.
  2. John Hazelton, "Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge talk 2024 Hot Docs world premiere ‘Red Fever’". Screen Daily, April 27, 2024.
  3. Janet Smith, "Red Fever, Bye Bye Tiberias, and La Laguna del Soldado amid award winners at DOXA Documentary Film Festival". Stir, May 11, 2024.
  4. Sam Laskaris, "Film that tackles the world’s fascination with Native people set for national release". Windspeaker, June 10, 2024.
  5. https://www.sudbury.com/lifestyle/the-count-of-monte-cristo-big-winner-at-cinefest-sudbury-9580887 "‘The Count of Monte-Cristo’ big winner at Cinéfest Sudbury"