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Now Is the Time
201916 min 10 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Christopher Auchter
Production: Selwyn JacobTeri SnelgroveShirley Vercruysse
Script: Christopher Auchter
When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii in almost a century. On the 50th anniversary of the pole’s raising, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter steps easily through history to revisit that day in August 1969, when the entire village of Old Massett gathered to celebrate the event that would signal the rebirth of the Haida spirit.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > British ColumbiaCraftsCultural Identity
- Visual Arts > Carving and Sculpture
- Social Studies > Contemporary Issues
- Indigenous Studies > History/PoliticsIdentity/Society
- Tangible & Material Culture > Carving & Sculpture
- Worldview, Belief, Spirituality Philosophy & Ideology > Ceremonies, Rites, Traditions
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Haida
- Community > Historic Preservation (Buildings & Structures)
Credits
- featuring
- Robert Davidson
- Reg Davidson
- Barbara Wilson
- voice
- Jane Kristovich
- Percy Rodriguez
- Joe Weir
- Florence Davidson
- Victor Adams
- writer
- Christopher Auchter
- director
- Christopher Auchter
- producer
- Selwyn Jacob
- associate producer
- Teri Snelgrove
- line production
- Jennifer Roworth
- director of photography
- Asia Youngman
- editor
- Sarah Hedar
- composer
- Genevieve Vincent
- sound design
- Chris McLaren
- re-recording mixer
- Chris McLaren
- additional camera
- Vince Arvidson
- sound recordist
- Ramsay Bourquin
- 1st assistant camera
- Odessa Shuquaya
- gaffer
- Cameron Watts
- Mike Hjorth
- production coordinator
- Kristyn Stilling
- technical coordinator
- Wes Machnikowski
- animation
- Christopher Auchter
- animation rigger
- Tara Barker
- stop motion animation
- Alicia Eisen
- stop motion animation consultant
- Alicia Eisen
- Kaho Yoshida
- graphic designer
- Tim Linklater
- colourist
- Lorne Wright
- musician
- Peggy Lee
- David Brown
- Cameron Wilson
- Genevieve MacKay
- music mixer
- Lori Castro
- marketing manager
- Kay Rondonneau
- publicist
- Katja De Bock
- studio administrator
- Carla Jones
- executive producer
- Shirley Vercruysse
- executive director
- Michelle van Beusekom
Awards
- Arts/CultureYorkton Film Festival
- Indigenous AwardYorkton Film Festival
- MainFilm Aboriginal Emerging Talent Award ($1,000 grant)First Peoples' Festival (Land InSights)
- Radio-Canada Espaces autochtones Award for Best Canadian Native Short ($1000 grant)First Peoples' Festival (Land InSights)
- Best Canadian Short Film Jury PrizeGimli Film Festival
- Audience Choice Award for Best Pacific Northwest Short FilmTacoma Film Festival