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High Steel
196513 min 7 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Don Owen
Production: Julian Biggs
Script: Don Owen
A dizzying view of Manhattan in the 1960s, the tallest town in the world, and the men who work cloud-high to keep it growing. They are the Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) of Kahnawake, near Montréal, famed for their skill in erecting the steel frames of skyscrapers. The film shows their nimble work, high above the pavement, but there are also glimpses of the quieter community life of the old Kahnawake Reserve.
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Subject categories
- Architecture > ConstructionPublic and Commercial Buildings
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > LifestylesReservesWork
- Media Education > Documentary Film
- History and Citizenship Education > First Occupants (to 1500)
- Indigenous Studies > Identity/SocietyIssues and Contemporary Challenges
Credits
- director
- Don Owen
- script
- Don Owen
- editing
- Don Owen
- producer
- Julian Biggs
- camera
- John Spotton
- sound
- Ron Alexander
- Roger Lamoureux
- re-recording
- Ron Alexander
- Roger Lamoureux
- sound editing
- John Knight
- narrator
- Don Francks
- music
- Bruce Mackay
Awards
- Award for Best Editing given to Don OwenGenie Awards
- Diploma of MeritInternational Film Festival
- Bronze Statuette of St. Finbarr - First Prize - Category: DocumentaryCork Film Festival
- Special Youth PrizeInternational Film Festival
- Prize of the Cine-ClubsInternational Days of Short Films
- Diploma of HonourInternational Film Festival
- Diploma of HonourInternational Film Festival