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Ikwe
198857 min 41 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Norma Bailey
Production: Norma BaileyMichael ScottChes Yetman
Script: Wendy Lill
Produit par l'Office national du film du Canada en collaboration avec le Manitoba Jobs Fund et le Manitoba Government Employee's Association.
L'action de ce film de fiction, se situe en 1770, dans un petit village ojibway de la baie géorgienne, dans le Nord-Ouest canadien. Ikwe raconte l'histoire d'une jeune autochtone qui, après avoir fait un rêve prémonitoire, a cru changer son destin et celui de sa tribu en épousant un trappeur écossais. La leçon sera amère mais porteuse d'espoir pour la survie d'un peuple menacé d'extinction.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Cultural ConflictFamily LifeFur Trades, Hunting and TrappingHistoryLiving in non-Indigenous CommunitiesQuébec and OntarioWomen
- Women > Cultural GroupsDiscrimination, Stereotyping and Equal RightsHistorical PerspectivesIndigenous Women
- History - Canada - Pre-1867 > Indigenous PeoplesOntarioRelations between Indigenous Peoples and EuropeansWomen
- History > Early Canadian Exploration (1600s-1800s)
- Indigenous Studies > History/Politics
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Religious Diversity/Heritage
Credits
- director
- Norma Bailey
- producer
- Norma Bailey
- executive producer
- Michael Scott
- Ches Yetman
- script
- Wendy Lill
- photography
- Ian Elkin
- sound
- Richard Patton
- editing
- Lara Mazur
- sound editing
- Gloria Thorsteinson
- sound mixer
- Clive Perry
- music
- John McCulloch
- cast
- William Ballantyne
- Patrick Bruyère
- Jamie Hardisty
- Hazel King
- Vicky Klyne
- Kim McCaw
- Marion Moneyas
- Sarah Peebles
- Gladys Taylor
- Geraint Wyn Davies
Awards
- Alcan Award (Public's Award for Cinema) given to IKWE and THE WAKE - with a cash prize of 2,000$Festival of Films and Videos by Women (SILENCE ELLES TOURNENT)
- Gemini Award for Best Pay Television Dramatic SeriesGemini Awards
- Lilian Gish Award for Best Telefilm mini series or specialWomen in Film Festival
- Superchannel Award for Best Script (Wendy Lill) - with a cash prize of 1,000$Yorkton Film Festival
- Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Script (Wendy Lill)Yorkton Film Festival
- Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Editing (Lara Mazur)Yorkton Film Festival
- Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Production of the FestivalYorkton Film Festival
- Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Drama over 30 minutesYorkton Film Festival
- Best Picture AwardAnnual American Indian Film Festival
- Best Director Award (Norma Bailey)Annual American Indian Film Festival
- Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Original DramaItinerant - American Film and Video Festival