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César's Bark Canoe
1971
57 min
Dernière chance
This documentary shows how a canoe is built the old way. César Newashish, a 67-year-old Atikamekw of the Manawan Reserve north of Montreal, uses only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum. Building a canoe solely from the materials that the forest provides may become a lost art, even among the Indigenous peoples whose traditional craft it is. The film is without commentary but text frames appear on the screen in Cree, French and English.
Détails
This documentary shows how a canoe is built the old way. César Newashish, a 67-year-old Atikamekw of the Manawan Reserve north of Montreal, uses only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum. Building a canoe solely from the materials that the forest provides may become a lost art, even among the Indigenous peoples whose traditional craft it is. The film is without commentary but text frames appear on the screen in Cree, French and English.
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réalisateurBernard Gosselin
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photographieBernard Gosselin
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producteurPaul Larose
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sonSerge Beauchemin
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montageMonique Fortier
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musiqueMaurice Blackburn
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ré-enregistrementRoger Lamoureux
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participantCesar Newashish
Éducation
Âge 11 à 17 ans
Sujets scolaires
Cette démonstration de la technique de fabrication d’un canot amérindien pourrait facilement accompagner le cours d'histoire et d'éducation à la citoyenneté ou celui sur les premières nations. En géographie, les scènes filmées dans une réserve et la forte teneur identitaire de cet art renvoient au territoire autochtone et permettent de justifier la présence des réserves et des droits des Amérindiens.
