Mount Currie Summer Camp - Pipántsek swa7 Its7a l'íl'wata (Salish Version)

19755 min 25 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Alanis Obomsawin

In a series of playful portraits, Líl̓wat children and youth go about their daily duties at the community’s summer camp outside Mount Currie, B.C. Infused with a sense of love, togetherness and pride, this short documentary is a remarkable visual archive of a Líl̓wat community through the beautiful faces of their young people.

This short is part of the L’il’wata series. In the early 1970s, at the outset of her documentary career, Alanis Obomsawin visited the Líl̓wat Nation, an Interior Salish First Nation in British Columbia, and created a series of shorts that provide personal narratives about Líl̓wat culture, histories and knowledge.

Remastered on DVD in 2009.

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Subject categories


  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > British ColumbiaLifestyles
  • Roles & Relationships > Children & Youth Indigenous Identity
  • Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Interior Salish

Credits


director
Alanis Obomsawin
music
Francis Grandmont