Full Circle

20188 min 48 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Kristi Lane Sinclair

Production: Kristi Lane SinclairAndré PicardKate VollumAnita LeeLea Marin

Script: Kristi Lane Sinclair

Coproduced by the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres and the National Film Board of Canada.

Since its inception in 1976, Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre has been a place in which the urban Indigenous community could feel safe, learn and grow. Council Fire uses cultural teachings and creates space to restore Indigenous identity, especially for its youth. At the core of Council Fire’s history and teachings is the drum, which they refer to as “our mother.”

In Full Circle, we get to know the members of the Toronto Council Fire Youth Program as they embark on new journeys. We meet a drum group that lays down tracks at a professional recording studio and a group of young dancers who showcase their moves at a dance studio.

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Subject categories


  • Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Arts, Culture and Traditions
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Cultural IdentityQuébec and OntarioUrban Life
  • Arts > Education
  • Social Studies > Contemporary Issues
  • Indigenous Studies > History/PoliticsIdentity/SocietyIssues and Contemporary Challenges
  • Community > Community Development Urbanization, Relocation
  • Roles & Relationships > Indigenous Identity
  • Intangible Culture & Literature > Music & Dance

Credits


writer
Kristi Lane Sinclair
director
Kristi Lane Sinclair
producer
Kristi Lane Sinclair
Lea Marin
executive producer
André Picard
Anita Lee
associate producer
Kate Vollum
director of photography
Shane Powless
sound recordist
Mike Filippov
editor
Jordan O'Connor
sound edit
Anthony Wallace
additional cinematography
Nicholas Bradford-Ewart
administrator
Isabelle Limoges
production coordinator
Gabrielle Dupont
technical coordinator
Daniel Lord
Kevin Riley
Max Wolfond
director, Business Development, Institutional Program
Julie Huguet
coordinator, Institutional Program
Marcia Seebaran
manager, studio operations
Mark Wilson
production supervisor
Marcus Matyas
assistant editor
William Mitchell
online editor
Denis Pilon
sound mixer
Luc Léger
infographist
Mélanie Bouchard
Cynthia Ouellet
Jacques-Bertrand Simard
technician
Isabelle Painchaud
Patrick Trahan
Pierre Dupont
marketing manager
Charles Pease
Kelly Fox
publicist
Jennifer Mair
networking agent
Donna Cowan
marketing manager, Community projects
Jane Gutteridge
legal services
Christian Pitchen
title design
Aimée Rochard
featuring
Andrea Chrisjohn
Denise Toulouse
Kevin Myran
Dana Khan
Jaylyn Bardy
Malakai Daybutch
Kiyana Johnston
Dakota Myran
Joey Myran
Sage Myran
David (DJ) Pangowish
Kalen Pelletier
Nayen Pitawanakunat
Khadijah Roy
Albert Therrien
Emma Cree Therrien
Jonathon Therrien
Athena Tomes
Tiffani Vart
Jayden Wemigwans