Group of Seven Inches

Overview

Group of Seven Inches borrows from the diaries of 19th century painters of “Indians,” George Catlin and Paul Kane, turning their dismissive writings on the “romantic savage” upside down and inside out. Miss Chief Eagle Testickle (the outrageous alter ego of Cree artist Kent Monkman), forces innocent naked white men to become her figure models, seduces them with whiskey, and when she’s done with them, dresses them up as more “authentic” examples of the “European male.” Shot on the grounds of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario, Group of Seven Inches subverts the subjectivity and authority of colonial art history and everything else it can get its hands on.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 21, 2005

Original language

English

Cast

Maxime Desmons,Dustin Peters,Kent Monkman

Director

Gisele Gordon,Kent Monkman

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0932529