Today is a Good Day: Remembering Chief Dan George
NR, 44 min.
Directed by Loretta Todd, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring .

This documentary combines family stories, film clips, and re-creations that go inside the life of groundbreaking Native American actor Chief Dan George, who is most famous for his role in Little Big Man. Todd is a dedicated Cree film artist who lives in Canada. The film has screened in numerous film festivals and won the Best Documentary Short Award at the 23rd annual American Indian Film Festival. For more info call the AFS at 322-0145.

This article appears in August 20 • 1999 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.