There Are No Fakes

2019·113 min·Released

7.0TMDb

Available on

Theatrical Apr 29, 2019

Nexus ms23220TMDb 608781IMDb tt8674506

Documentary

Overview

Norval Morrisseau was the first Indigenous Canadian artist to be taken seriously in the art world. By the turn of this century his work commanded tens of thousands of dollars. So when Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Kevin Hearn learned his prized painting was a forgery, he sued. But as Jamie Kastner's doc reveals, there was a cottage industry in fake Morrisseaus, an industry that flourished unchecked for years, feeding on greed, exploitation, racism and contempt.