Agency:.Produced for the NFB by Nova Productions for the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Director, Alan Collins ; writer, Gary George ; music, Court Stone ; photography, Dennis Miller, Robert New, Richard Wincente ; editor, Alan Collins, Ronald Sanders, David Leach ; sound, David Lee, Aerlyn Weissman.

Narration, Sherman Maness.

Recorded 1977.

The film centres on Arthur Shilling, an Ojibwa artist from the Rama Reserve on Lake Couchiching, Ontario. Shilling's artistic evolution is traced, as is his move to Toronto and the difficulties he encountered there. Also discussed is the illness that caused Shilling to re-evaluate his artistic goals. Interviews with the artist and others interested in his paintings are juxtaposed with examples of paintings.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).