Posted Jul 7, 2023 5:10pm ET
Snotty Nose Rez Kids perform during the Juno Awards in Toronto on Sunday, May 15, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
TORONTO – The music video for Snotty Nose Rez Kids and director Sterling Larose’s “Damn Right” has won this year’s Prism Prize.
The hip-hop duo from Kitamaat Village, northwest British Columbia, were honored Thursday at an awards ceremony that announced the $20,000 prize money.
Awards founder Louis Calabro praised the three-and-a-half-minute video as a “visually stunning and colorful” tribute to The Beatles.
The $5,000 Audience Award went to artist Dan Mangan and director Lester Lyons-Hookham for their music video “Fire Escape.”
Toronto-based director Sara Elgamal received the $2,500 Willie Dunn Award, presented to a pioneer in the Canadian music scene.
This allows Elgamal to select an aspiring Canadian creative who will receive an additional $2,500. She chose Toronto-based producer Roya Del Sol.
The Prism Prize is a division of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, which also hosts the Canadian Screen Awards.
The event also honored special honorees including Canadian singer-songwriter Nemahsis, Montreal-based director Aime Irabahaye and Montreal-based photographer and director Adrian Villagomez.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on July 7, 2023.
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