When musician Kevin Hearn buys a painting by the world’s first Indigenous art star, Norval Morrisseau, doubts about its authenticity raises controversial questions about authorship and ownership. There Are No Fakes traces the provenance of Hearn’s painting, unraveling a complex, stranger-than-fiction tale that leads to a lucrative art forgery ring in Thunder Bay and the largest art fraud scam in Canadian History.

A panel discussion moderated by Colin Ellis, host of TVO’s On Docs Podcast will follow. Director Jamie Kastner will be in attendance.

Monday, January 20 at 6:00pm
Ted Rogers Hot Docs Cinema
506 Bloor Street West