The Annanacks

196429 min 12 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: René Bonnière

Production: René Bonnière

Script: Donald Snowden

Produced for the NFB by Crawley Films Ltd.

This title is an acquisition.

In 1959 an Inuit community in Northern Québec formed the first successful co-operative there. The film describes how, with other Inuit of the George River community, the Annanacks formed a joint venture that included a sawmill, a fish-freezing plant and a small boat-building industry.

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Subject categories


  • Industry and Commerce > Arctic RegionCooperativesIndigenous PeoplesQuébec
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > Government RelationsLabrador and QuébecRegional DevelopmentWork
  • Indigenous Studies > History/PoliticsIdentity/Society

Credits


participant
George Annanack
Stanley Annanack
translator
George Koneac
writer
Donald Snowden
commentator
Lloyd Bochner
camera
Stanley Brede
Christopher Chapman
music
Larry Crosley
sound editing
John Knight
sound
Tony Betts
David Cochrane
producer
René Bonnière
director
René Bonnière