Waban-Aki : People from Where the Sun Rises

Collaborateurs : Bochner, Sally | Obomsawin, Alanis | Office national du film du Canada
Abenaki baskets -- Odanak Indian Reserve (Québec Province)Abenaki Indians -- Odanak Indian Reserve (Québec Province)Indians, Treatment of -- Québec (Province)Odanak Indian Reserve (Québec Province) -- History.Crafts -- Boatbuilding.Crafts -- First Nations Crafts.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) -- History.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) -- Québec and Ontario.Women -- Indigenous Women.Documentary films.Afficher 5 supplémentaires

Yvonne M’Sadoques rocks forward in her chair. She’s lived in the Abenaki community of Odanak for over a century – and has no shortage of stories to tell. « The priest would march into our home and order us to stop dancing. We were going to the devil, he said. » She pauses, a humorous glint in her eye. « But you know – I don’t really believe in the devil. Do you? » M’Sadoques is in conversation with Alanis Obomsawin, another of Odanak’s proud daughters – and one of Canada’s leading documentary filmmakers. Obomsawin’s illustrious career comes full circle with Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises. Having dedicated nearly four decades to chronicling the lives of Canada’s First Nations, she returns to the village where she was raised to craft a lyric account of her own people.

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Type de ressource : Émission et filmFormat : 1 streaming video (104 min., 02 sec.)Langue : AnglaisAnnée : ©2006
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