Canadian film takes top honors at American Indian film festival
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A Canadian film won the 1993 American Indian Motion Picture Award for best picture at the 18th annual American Indian Film Festival & Video Exposition in San Francisco, California.
Medicine River, filmed in Alberta and starring Tom Jackson, Graham Greene and Sheila Tousey, took top honors at the nine-day festival.
Michael Smith, director of the American Indian Film Institute, presented the awards. Best actor went to Graham Greene, who was not there to pick up the award. Tom Jackson was awarded the best supporting actor for his role in Medicine River.
