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The People of the Kattawapiskak River
201250 min 14 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alanis Obomsawin
Production: Alanis ObomsawinRavida Din
Script: Alanis Obomsawin
The people of the Attawapiskat First Nation, a Cree community in northern Ontario, were thrust into the national spotlight in 2012 when the impoverished living conditions on their reserve became an issue of national debate. With The People of the Kattawapiskak River, Alanis Obomsawin quietly attends as community members tell their own story, shedding light on a history of dispossession and official indifference. Winner of the 2013 Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary, the film is part of a cycle of films focused on children’s welfare and rights.
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Subject categories
- Urbanism > Housing and Public Housing
- Politics and Government - Canada > Indigenous Concerns
- Social Issues > Indigenous Peoples
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > ReservesSocial ConditionsSocial Problems
- Diversity > Diversity in Communities
- Indigenous Studies > Issues and Contemporary Challenges
- Health/Personal Development > Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
- Geography > Territory: Indigenous
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Cree
- Community > Housing (Modern/Contemporary)Poverty, Welfare, Social Service Delivery, Homelessness, Inequality
- Law, Legislation & Government Policy > Human Rights Law & Policy
- Indigenous Economies > Non-Indigenous Economies & Development
- Rights & Title > Treaty 9
Credits
- director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- writer
- Alanis Obomsawin
- editor
- Alison Burns
- camera
- René Sioui Labelle
- Martin Duckworth
- Philippe Amiguet
- Alan Poon
- Adam George Makarenko
- location sound
- Glenn Hodgins
- Brian Horrell
- production assistant
- Kenny Wheesk
- Serena Koostachin
- Chris Niesing
- music composer
- Normand Guilbeault
- musician
- Normand Guilbeault
- René Jean
- Sylvain Provost
- Lévy Bourbonnais
- narration
- Alanis Obomsawin
- music recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Mathieu Leroux
- voice recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Mathieu Leroux
- sound editor
- Don Ayer
- mixer
- Shelley Craig
- research
- Alanis Obomsawin
- Katherine Kasirer
- rights clearances
- Elizabeth Klinck
- technical coordinator
- Steve Hallé
- Julie Laperrière
- Jean-François Laprise
- France Couture
- Micheline Faubert
- digital editing technician
- Isabelle Painchaud
- Pierre Dupont
- Patrick Trahan
- online editor
- Denis Pilon
- computer graphics
- Mélanie Bouchard
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- marketing manager
- François Jacques
- marketing assistant
- Geneviève Bérard
- production coordinator
- Theodora Kolovos
- Christine Williams
- senior production coordinator
- Isabelle Limoges
- studio administrator
- Leslie Anne Poyntz
- producer
- Alanis Obomsawin
- executive producer
- Ravida Din