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The Wake
198657 min 51 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Norma Bailey
Production: Norma BaileyChes Yetman
Script: Sharon Riis
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of the Manitoba Jobs Fund and the Manitoba Government Employees' Association.
Set in contemporary Alberta, The Wake is the story of the love affair that blossoms between a well-meaning Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer and a young Métis woman. The Métis have a strong sense of community, but there is also a feeling of separateness defined by racial origins and economics. In this atmosphere, the romance offers a new sense of hope. Then, during a dark winter's night on a frozen lake, something happens to change the lovers' lives forever.
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Subject categories
- Women > Cultural GroupsIndigenous WomenInterpersonal Relationships
- Social Issues > Indigenous PeoplesSocial ProblemsWomen
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Living in non-Indigenous CommunitiesMétisPrairiesSocial ProblemsWomen
Credits
- director
- Norma Bailey
- producer
- Norma Bailey
- executive producer
- Ches Yetman
- script
- Sharon Riis
- photography
- Ian Elkin
- sound
- Leon Johnson
- editing
- Lara Mazur
- sound editing
- Gloria Thorsteinson
- Wojtek Klis
- Kelly Saxberg
- re-recording
- Clive Perry
- music
- Ron Halldorson
- Byron O'Donnell
- cast
- Frank Adamson
- Bill Alcorn
- Cynthia Alcorn
- Ken Charlette
- Diane Debassige
- Linda Migwans
- Jean Paul
- Victoria Snow
- Michelle Thrush
- Timothy Webber
Awards
- Alcan Award (Public's Award for Cinema) given to IKWE and THE WAKE - with a cash prize of 2,000$Festival of Films and Videos by Women (SILENCE ELLES TOURNENT)
- Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini Series (Sharon Riis)Gemini Awards
- Gemini Award for Best Pay Television Dramatic SeriesGemini Awards
- Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Dramatic Program or Mini Series (Victoria Snow)Gemini Awards
- Superchannel Best Script - with a cash award of 1,000$Yorkton Film Festival
- Special Jury Award - Certificate of Merit for Acting (Dianne Debassige)Yorkton Film Festival
- Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Script Award (Sharon Riis)Yorkton Film Festival
- Most Promising Actress Award given to (Dianne Debassige) for her roles in PLACES NOT OUR OWN and THE WAKEAnnual American Indian Film Festival