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Hi-Ho Mistahey!
20131 h 39 min 37 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alanis Obomsawin
Production: Alanis ObomsawinRavida DinAnnette Clarke
Script: Alanis Obomsawin
Inspired by the life of the late teen activist Shannen Koostachin, children and community members from Attawapiskat created Shannen’s Dream, a national campaign to provide equitable access to education in safe and suitable schools for First Nations children. Hi-Ho Mistahey! follows the grassroots movement from northern Ontario to the United Nations in Geneva, where the children’s voices calling for a new school were finally heard, prompting a response back home in Canada.
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Subject categories
- Children and Youth > Children's Rights
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > EducationSocial Problems
- Health/Personal Development > Careers & Education
- Civics/Citizenship > Human Rights
- Indigenous Studies > Issues and Contemporary Challenges
- Social Studies > Social Policies and Programs
- Roles & Relationships > Children & Youth
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > CreeSwampy Cree
- Law, Legislation & Government Policy > Human Rights Law & Policy
- Education > Indigenous Education
- Indigenous Governance General (Modern, Contemporary) > Protests, Activism, Popular Political Movements, Resistance, Conflicts
Credits
- director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- writer
- Alanis Obomsawin
- editor
- Alison Burns
- director of photography
- René Sioui Labelle
- additional camera
- Martin Duckworth
- Michaël Darby
- Maarten Kroonenburg
- sound recordist
- Glenn Hodgins
- additional sound
- Richard Lavoie
- animation
- David Barlow-Krelina
- original music
- Alain Auger
- musician
- Alain Auger
- Michel Dubeau
- Jocelyn Veilleux
- Louis-Philippe Marsolais
- narration
- Alanis Obomsawin
- music recording
- Alain Auger
- music mix
- Alain Auger
- additional music recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- additional music recording - assistance
- Padraig Buttner-Schnirer
- additional voice recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- additional voice recording - assistance
- Padraig Buttner-Schnirer
- sound editor
- Don Ayer
- mix
- Jean Paul Vialard
- foley
- Stéphane Cadotte
- production assistant
- Kenny Wheesk
- Serena Koostachin
- research
- Alanis Obomsawin
- Katherine Kasirer
- rights clearances
- Elizabeth Klinck
- Hinda Essadiqi
- on-line
- Denis Gathelier
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- graphic design
- Mélanie Bouchard
- digital editing technician
- Isabelle Painchaud
- Pierre Dupont
- Patrick Trahan
- translation
- Stella Koostachin
- transcription
- Dyane Provost
- technical coordinator
- Jean-François Laprise
- France Couture
- Julie Laperrière
- Micheline Faubert
- technical coordination
- Steve Hallé
- marketing manager
- François Jacques
- marketing assistant
- Geneviève Bérard
- publicist
- Pat Dillon
- legal counsel
- Dominique Aubry
- production coordinator
- Christine Williams
- Theodora Kolovos
- senior production coordinator
- Isabelle Limoges
- program administrator
- Leslie Anne Poyntz
- producer
- Alanis Obomsawin
- executive producer
- Ravida Din
- Annette Clarke
Awards
- EDA Award for Best female-directed documentaryFilm Festival