Shell × John Williams
Corporate · Long-form
A seven-minute documentary following Ojibway artist John Williams as he paints a large-scale Indigenous art mural on a Shell Canada oil tanker docked in Sarnia, Ontario. The film blends intimate on-site interviews with John about his cultural identity and creative process, wide establishing shots of the Sarnia industrial waterfront, and aerial drone footage capturing the finished mural from above. A voiceover from John reflects on the meaning of putting his culture on display in an industrial context.
John Williams discusses the significance of painting his cultural imagery on the tanker, reflecting on his Ojibway heritage and the meaning of visibility in an industrial landscape.Watch on YouTube ↗