First Stories - The Power of a Horse

20074 min 43 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Cory Generoux

Production: Joe MacDonald (National Film Board of Canada)Derek Mazur (National Film Board of Canada)

Script: Cory Generoux

The Power of a Horse is the moving account of filmmaker Cory Generoux dealing with the scars that racism left on his life - both as its recipient and perpetrator. This potent, short film reveals a simple and beautiful lesson that changed his life.

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Subject categories


  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Cultural IdentityDiscriminationMétis
  • Roles & Relationships > Indigenous Identity Race Relations, Racism & Discrimination

Credits


writer
Cory Generoux
director
Cory Generoux
cinematographer
Layton Burton
picture editor
Chris Bailey
original music
Daybi
Jib operator
Jason Delesoy
sound recordist
Charles Fox
production assistant
Marcel Petit
head horse wrangler
Daryl Taypotat
wrangler
Christine Taypotat
Sam Taypotat
Brent Dodginghorse
horse manager
Chief Louis Taypotat
program coordinator
Rhonda Slugoski
Stephanie Scott
workshop mentor
Brian Stockton
Cary Ciesielski
Don White
Ervin Chartrand
Gail Maurice
Jackie Dzuba
Lorne Olson
Merelda Fiddler
Shannon Letandre
Tasha Hubbard
Thomas Hale
Richard Gustin
elder
Roy Crazyhorse Bison
marketing manager
Leslie Stafford
production supervisor
Scott Collins
program administrator
Cyndi Forcand
production coordinator
Monique Perron
Rolande Petit
online editor
Trevor Bennett
associate producer
Stephanie Scott
producer
Joe MacDonald
executive producer
Derek Mazur