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Fighter
20079 min 29 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Erica Lepage
Production: Patricia Bergeron (National Film Board of Canada)Manon BarbeauYves Bisaillon (National Film Board of Canada)Ravida Din
Produced by la Corporation Wapikoni mobile in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and in association with Les Productions des Beaux Jours.
After being attacked, a young Mohawk woman decides to overcome her fear and do what she loves, namely box. Story of a Kanesatake fighter out to prove she?s the strongest.
Since 2004, Wapikoni Mobile has been giving young Aboriginals the opportunity to speak out using video and music. This short film was made with the guidance of these travelling studios and is part of the 2007 Selection - Wapikoni Mobile DVD.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure > Boxing, Wrestling and Martial ArtsWomen
- Women > Indigenous WomenSelf-realizationViolence Against Women
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > PortraitsQuébec and OntarioReservesSportsWomen
- Roles & Relationships > Feminism & Women
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Kanien'kéhaka (Mohawk)
- Community > Sports & Recreation
Credits
- participant
- Erica Lepage
- Guy Dubé
- Jonathan Joannisse
- Yves Joannisse
- director
- Erica Lepage
- camera
- Miranda Gabriel
- Tewa Nelson
- location sound
- Miranda Gabriel
- Alannah Gabriel
- picture editor
- Erica Lepage
- original music
- Erica Lepage
- filmmaker mentor
- Louis Cyr
- Alexis De Gheldere
- coordinator
- Isabelle Picard
- Robert White
- general director
- Manon Barbeau
- project creator
- Manon Barbeau
- financial partnership development
- Lucille Veilleux
- administrator
- Youri Mourog
- Johanne Dubuc
- director of field operations
- Gilles Péloquin
- general coordinator
- France Couture
- assistant coordinator
- Sarah Lalonde
- technical supervision
- Jessy Boivin
- Sébastien Pichette
- Jason Smalridge
- post-production
- Jessy Boivin
- Sébastien Pichette
- Jason Smalridge
- mechanical supervision
- Sébastien Tremblay
- projection
- Sébastien Tremblay
- website
- Gaétan Boucher
- Jason Smalridge
- distribution
- Judith Brès
- Sarah Lalonde
- accounting
- Pierre-Claude Beaucage
- Maryse-Chantal Brazeau
- sweetening
- Claude Chevalier
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- translation
- Sophie Bissonnette
- subtitles
- Sophie Bissonnette
- technical coordinator
- Jean-François Laprise
- administrative team
- Mirabelle Bélanger
- Dominique Brunet
- Lise Lévesque
- associate producer
- Maryse Chapdelaine
- producer
- Patricia Bergeron
- executive producer
- Manon Barbeau
- Yves Bisaillon
- Ravida Din