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She and I
20086 min 42 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Marie-Pier Ottawa
Production: Patricia Bergeron (National Film Board of Canada)Manon BarbeauYves Bisaillon (National Film Board of Canada)Ravida Din
Script: Sacha Dubé
Produced by la Corporation Wapikoni mobile in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and in association with Les Productions des Beaux Jours.
In the Manawan community of the Atikamekw Nation, a stormy homosexual relationship leads to the suicide of one person, leaving the other assailed by doubts, ashamed and fearful.
Since 2004, Wapikoni Mobile has been giving Indigenous youth the opportunity to speak out using video and music. This short film was made with the guidance of these travelling studios and is part of the 2007 Selection - Wapikoni Mobile DVD.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Discrimination
- Women > Indigenous Women
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Interpersonal RelationshipsLife and DeathSuicideWomen
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Sexual minorities (2SLGBTQ+ people)
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Adolescent DevelopmentRelationships
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
- Health/Personal Development > Mental Health/Stress/Suicide
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Atikamekw
- Health & Wellbeing > Suicide
- Roles & Relationships > Two-Spirit, Queer, LGBTQ
Credits
- director
- Marie-Pier Ottawa
- music
- Marie-Pier Ottawa
- narration
- Marie-Pier Ottawa
- participant
- Mekis Flamand
- Julia Flamand
- writer
- Sacha Dubé
- camera
- Sacha Dubé
- Marie-Pier Ottawa
- Sarah Fortin
- Joël Vaudreuil
- picture editor
- Joël Vaudreuil
- sound recording
- Éric Lavergne
- Joël Vaudreuil
- narration recording
- Éric Lavergne
- Joël Vaudreuil
- filmmaker mentor
- Joël Vaudreuil
- Sarah Fortin
- coordinator
- Éric Lavergne
- general director
- Manon Barbeau
- project creator
- Manon Barbeau
- financial partnership development
- Lucille Veilleux
- administrator
- Youri Mourog
- Johanne Dubuc
- director of field operations
- Gilles Péloquin
- general coordinator
- France Couture
- assistant coordinator
- Sarah Lalonde
- technical supervision
- Jessy Boivin
- Sébastien Pichette
- Jason Smalridge
- post-production
- Jessy Boivin
- Sébastien Pichette
- Jason Smalridge
- mechanical supervision
- Sébastien Tremblay
- projection
- Sébastien Tremblay
- website
- Gaétan Boucher
- Jason Smalridge
- distribution
- Judith Brès
- Sarah Lalonde
- accounting
- Pierre-Claude Beaucage
- Maryse-Chantal Brazeau
- sweetening
- Claude Chevalier
- online editing
- Yannick Carrier
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- translation
- Leah Kosatsky
- subtitles
- Leah Kosatsky
- technical coordinator
- Jean-François Laprise
- administrative team
- Mirabelle Bélanger
- Dominique Brunet
- Lise Lévesque
- associate producer
- Maryse Chapdelaine
- producer
- Patricia Bergeron
- executive producer
- Manon Barbeau
- Yves Bisaillon
- Ravida Din