Courtney Montour

Courtney Montour is Kanienkehka Mohawk from Kahnawake She works in the documentary film and digital media fields exploring issues of Indigenous identity She directed wrote and coproduced emFlat Rocksem 2017 a short documentary revealing how the development of Canadas St Lawrence Seaway forever changed the landscape and the livelihood of the Kahnawake Mohawk community Her first documentary emSex Spirit Strengthem won Best of Festival and the Emerging Filmmaker award at the 2016 Yorkton Film Festival She has directed episodes for several documentary series including emMohawk Ironworkersem 2016 and emSkindigenousem 2021 She cocreated and coordinated McGill Universitys Indigenous Field Studies course held in Kahnawake for 8 years Passionate about educating the course surfaces the intergenerational effects of colonization and Canadian policies on contemporary Indigenous society We list her credits as a Director firstbrbrbr