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There Are No Fakes

He did spectacular paintings in prison, he'd been sober and straight fora long time, and...

He did spectacular paintings in prison, he'd been sober and straight for
a long time, and those-- those
paintings I ended up selling
and, uh, ended up using them to
buy a house for him

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He did spectacular paintings in prison,
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he'd been sober and straight for a long time, and those-- those paintings
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I ended up selling and, uh, ended up using them to buy a house for him.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:32
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, crime
Production
N/A

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A painting, apparently the work of an iconic Native artist, leads the rockstar who buys it into the tragic, brutal world of an art forgery ring in Canada's far north.
And I ended up selling them to a doctor in Toronto. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
And I ended up selling them to a doctor in Toronto.
-Were those all the paintings? -Ah. Good question. Yes. - There Are No Fakes 00:06
-Were those all the paintings? -Ah. Good question. Yes.
And he could not have done more than that in that time, in the space that was available. - There Are No Fakes 00:07
And he could not have done more than that in that time, in...
Apparently, there are literally hundreds of other ones that are signed on the back. - There Are No Fakes 00:06
Apparently, there are literally hundreds of other ones that...
And there you go. Norval Morrisseau. - There Are No Fakes 00:04
And there you go. Norval Morrisseau.
They did not come from him at that era. I'm sure. - There Are No Fakes 00:06
They did not come from him at that era. I'm sure.
I was there, I was there weekly, and I saw what he painted. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
I was there, I was there weekly, and I saw what he painted.
And it wasn't anything that was signed on the back, - There Are No Fakes 00:08
And it wasn't anything that was signed on the back,
He did sketches on this green prison paper, - There Are No Fakes 00:09
He did sketches on this green prison paper,
His intention was to actually paint them - There Are No Fakes 00:06
His intention was to actually paint them
The painting that Kevin bought did not look - There Are No Fakes 00:07
The painting that Kevin bought did not look
Morrisseau probably couldn't care less about this. - There Are No Fakes 00:04
Morrisseau probably couldn't care less about this.
He probably had no interest in whether people thought a painting was authentic or not. - There Are No Fakes 00:07
He probably had no interest in whether people thought a pain...
He painted it. It fulfilled him in some way. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
He painted it. It fulfilled him in some way.
And if some of them aren't his, he'd probably say, - There Are No Fakes 00:07
And if some of them aren't his, he'd probably say,
Some of them aren't. It is what it is." - There Are No Fakes 00:07
Some of them aren't. It is what it is."
I met Norval in, uh, in Vancouver, spring of '87. - There Are No Fakes 00:06
I met Norval in, uh, in Vancouver, spring of '87.
He was, uh, yeah, he was down and out, living-- living on the streets. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
He was, uh, yeah, he was down and out, living-- living on...
I, I lost a bottle, too. I don't know where I put it. Forty ounces. - There Are No Fakes 00:06
I, I lost a bottle, too. I don't know where I put it. F...
I was quite wayward and life was very distressing, - There Are No Fakes 00:08
I was quite wayward and life was very distressing,