Kainai

197326 min 55 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Raoul Fox

Production: Colin Low

Script: Stanley Jackson

Produced by the NFB for the Canadian Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.

On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in Indigenous enterprise. Once rulers of the western plains, the Bloods live on a 1 300-square-kilometer reserve. Many have lacked gainful employment and now pin their hopes on a pre-fab factory they have built. Will the production line and work and wages fit into their cultural pattern of life? The film shows how it is working and what the owners themselves say about their venture.

Subject categories


  • Industry and Commerce > BusinessIndigenous PeoplesWestern Canada
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Cultural IdentityPortraitsReservesWork

Credits


director
Raoul Fox
producer
Colin Low
commentary
Stanley Jackson
photography
Jacques Fogel
Savas Kalogeras
John Spotton
Don Virgo
sound
Claude Beaugrand
Richard Besse
Bev Davidson
Claude Delorme
Claude Hazanavicius
John Yanick
editing
Jeanette Lerman
narrator
Wallace Manyfingers