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Johnny Tootall is a 2005 television film written and directed by Shirley Cheechoo.[1] The film stars Adam Beach as the titular Johnny Tootall, a young First Nations man who joins the Canadian army to fight in the Bosnian War, in a bid to avoid the responsibility of taking on the role of hereditary chief of his community.[1]

Johnny Tootall
Written by	Shirley Cheechoo Andrew Genaille Michael Giampa
Directed by	Shirley Cheechoo
Starring	Adam Beach Nathaniel Arcand Alex Rice Sheila Tousey Ben Cotton
Theme music composer	Rich Walters
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Cynthia Chapman Stephen Hegyes Danielle Prohom Olson Shawn Williamson
Cinematography	Brian Johnson
Editor	Lenka Svab
Distributor	CHUM Television
Release
Original release	2005 (2005)

The film was shot around Vancouver Island, British Columbia with the Ahousaht Nations people.[2]

It won "Best Film" honors at the 2005 American Indian Film Festival.[3]

Cast

• Adam Beach as Johnny Tootall
• Nathaniel Arcand as RT
• Alex Rice as Serena
• Sheila Tousey as Agnes (as Sheila May Tousey)
• Ben Cotton as Henry
• Miranda Frigon as Luke
• Shawn Reis as Lloyd
• Randi Knighton as Tiffany
• Jazmine Charleson as Dancer 1
• Shyanne Samuel as Dancer 2
• Kathleen Ambrose as Dancer 3
• Francine Charleson as Dancer 4

References

External links

• Johnny Tootall at IMDb

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