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Spirit of the Game
200347 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Annie Fraziér Henry
Production: Annie Fraziér Henry (Full Regalia Productions)Stephen PanicciaGeorge Johnson (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Annie Fraziér Henry
Co-produced by Full Regalia Productions and the National Film Board of Canada in association with Global, a CanWest Company, produced with the financial participation of the Canadian Television Fund, the Shaw Children's Programming Initiative, British Columbia Film, Television and Film Financing Program, CanWest Western Independent Producers Fund, Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit Program, and the Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC, and developed with the assistance of the National Film Board of Canada, Global, a CanWest Company, British Columbia Film Television and Film Financing Program, and Telefilm Canada.
"I feel the spirit of the people and a connection with mother earth in my heart when I run." These are the thoughts of 16-year-old Veronica Charter, a gold medallist at the North American Indigenous Games.
Award-winning filmmaker Annie Frazier Henry follows an elite handful of Aboriginal athletes from British Columbia for two years as they make their way to the 2002 North American Indigenous Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Here over 6,000 young Native sportsmen and women from across Canada and the United States come to compete.
It is an exhilarating journey of achievement, dedication and hardship. Spirit of the Game is a tribute to the ones who are rekindling the fire and glory of sport, for whether they win or lose, they all come home heroes.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure > Archery and FencingBoxing, Wrestling and Martial ArtsCompetitionsGames and SportsRunning
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Boating and CanoeingSports
- Sports and Leisure - Water Sports > Canoeing and Rafting
- Children and Youth > Indigenous YouthSports, Leisure and Play
- Physical Education > Fitness
- Health/Personal Development > Fitness/Physical Activities
- Indigenous Studies > Issues and Contemporary Challenges
- Roles & Relationships > Children & Youth Indigenous Identity
- Education > Indigenous Education – United StatesIndigenous Education – Canada
Credits
- producer
- Annie Fraziér Henry
- George Johnson
- director
- Annie Fraziér Henry
- co-producer
- Stephen Paniccia
- writer
- Annie Fraziér Henry
- director of photography
- Rolf Cutts
- location sound
- Jeff Henschel
- story consultant
- Alex Nelson
- editor
- Robert Landy
- music
- John Sereda
- sound supervisor
- Gael MacLean
- gaffer
- Darryl S. Bird
- key grip
- Darryl S. Bird
- technical producer
- Martin Hendriks
- technical coordinator
- Martin Hendriks
- assistant to the executive producer
- Ann-Margaret Sumner
- executive in charge of production
- Barbara Petersen
- story research
- Vina Robinson
- Keith Matthew
- story research assistant
- Ramona Starr
- archive research assistant
- Meg Torwl
- production manager
- Nina Shaka
- Linda McAteer
- camera operator
- Gary Rutherford
- Don Lowe
- Brian Quock
- Rick Sagayadan
- camera
- Darryl S. Bird
- Duane Marchand
- Nina Shaka
- video operator
- Greg Godfrey
- additional sound
- Clarence Michon
- Don Howe
- Jon Ritchie
- Darryl S. Bird
- Duane Marchand
- production manager trainee
- James Sinclair
- Duane Marchand
- Cease Wyss
- producer assistant trainee
- Grant Duncan
- additional production assistant
- Kathy Ann March
- Vici Johnstone
- post-production video
- Big Red Barn Post
- graphic design
- Andrea Klipp
- title design
- Andrea Klipp
- online editor
- Jordan Atkinson
- colourist
- Frank Robinson
- supervisor
- Judi Babcock
- sound services
- Post Modern Sound
- additional music supervisor
- Matthew B. Safran
- re-recording mixer
- Greg Stewart
- Ian Emberton
- dialogue editor
- Stephen Cheung
- effects editor
- Ian Emberton
- foley engineer
- Ken Biehl
- foley artist
- Ian Mackie
- additional editing
- Bill Campbell
- publicist
- Hilma Rusu
- legal counsel
- Kim Roberts
- Eva Schmieg
- production accountant
- Stephen Paniccia
- Gerard Blanchard
- Catarina Da Silva
- bookkeeper
- Bonnie Makeiff
- financing
- Bank of Montreal
- insurance
- Judy Heron