Synopsis: Building a canoe solely from the materials that the forest provides may become a lost art, even among the Indians whose traditional craft it is. In this film, César Newashish, a sixty-seven-year-old Attikamek Indian of the Manowan Reserve north of Montreal, builds a canoe in the old way, using only birch bark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum.
Synopsis: Sur la terre de Baffin, pendant le court été arctique, les Inuit profitent des quatre mois d'ensoleillement continuel pour faire leurs provisions en vue du long hiver à venir. Dans la région de Pont Inlet dans l'île d'Alukseevee, les Inuit Tununermiut chassent le phoque ainsi que le narval et le béluga. Nous rencontrons la famille d'un chasseur nommé Idlouk au camp.… Leer más
Synopsis: Alanis Obomsawin was born during a solar eclipse: an event that foreshadowed her destiny as a storyteller. Katerina Cizek's portrait of this extraordinary artist, layered with animation, music and image, beautifully recalls Alanis Obomsawin's work.
Only available in English/Version anglaise seulement.
Synopsis: The Hudson's Bay Company's 300th anniversary celebration was no occasion for joy among the people whose lives were tied to the trading stores.
This film, narrated by George Manuel, president of the National Indian brotherhood, presents the view of spokesmen for Canadian Indian and
Métis groups.… Leer más
Three unique Inuit films expressing the dramatic history of one of the world’s oldest oral cultures from it’s own point of view. Fair Trade, best-quality downloads in SD, 720p or 1080p HD, all pay-what-you-can.
(2009, 8:09min, UNU) Shepherd Dootkasy and his wife Anarkul share their family’s observations and traditional adaptation to the changing climate in highland pastures of Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan Mountains.
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