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Zaagi'idiwin
20189 min 17 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Tracie Louttit
Production: Michelle DerosierAndré PicardKate VollumAnita LeeLea Marin
Script: Tracie Louttit
Coproduced by the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres and the National Film Board of Canada.
This short film offers a snap-shot of life in Fort Frances, Ontario, as some of its community members prepare to gather in a special place that will bond their hearts and minds. By engaging in ceremony and celebrating their language, culture and land, the people are creating “Zaagi’idiwin”—a symbol of their truth, their story and their own reconciliation, which is community-defined, beautiful and inspiring.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Cultural IdentityQuébec and OntarioReligion and Spirituality
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Individual in Society
- Indigenous Studies > ArtsIdentity/Society
- Arts Education > Music
- Worldview, Belief, Spirituality Philosophy & Ideology > Ceremonies, Rites, Traditions
- Roles & Relationships > Children & Youth Indigenous Identity
- Community > Urbanization, Relocation
Credits
- writer
- Tracie Louttit
- director
- Tracie Louttit
- producer
- Michelle Derosier
- Lea Marin
- executive producer
- André Picard
- Anita Lee
- associate producer
- Kate Vollum
- director of photography
- Damien Gilbert
- sound recordist
- Zoe Gordon
- editor
- Jordan O'Connor
- sound edit
- Grant Edmonds
- administrator
- Isabelle Limoges
- production coordinator
- Gabrielle Dupont
- Max Wolfond
- technical coordinator
- Daniel Lord
- Kevin Riley
- 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
- Yannick Carrier
- sound mixer
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- 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
- Ojibwe language teacher
- Mike Jones
- featuring
- Charity McMahon
- Amelia Kelly
- Thomas Cunningham
- Arya Armstrong
- Lincoln Thompson-Field
- Rae Spoon
- Raina Grover
- Brenda W. Bedard
- Kiannah Payash
- Terry McMahon
- Tristin Yerxa
- Nancy Lucy Jones
- Michael David Jones
- Katie Lynn Joan Eide
- Cadence Smith-Anderson
- Airrol Jack
- Rochelle Bird
- Albert Cochrane
- Buddy Loyie
- Trevor Cory Bruyere
- Dawn Jourdain
- Madison Odahl
- Annie Hawk
- Sawyer Mainville
- Claudia Chiefson
- Annabelle Gosselin
- Jaxon McMillen
- Martin Calder
- Darcy Rae Jones
- Harmony Payash
- Kaleb Firth
- Andros Bruyere
- Rose Marie Tuesday
- Melanie McPherson
- Jeremy Andy
- Natasha Jack
- Sheila McMahon
- Hayden Allam
- Deborah Emes
- Sandy Bruyere
- Trevor Bruyere
- Curtis Thane Mainville
- Nevaya Kingbird
- Travis Tom Jr.
- Rikki Smith
- London Morriseau
- Dayka Whitefish
- Nina Smith
- Courtney E. C. Plourde
- Dana Ward
- Liam McEvoy
- Kael Bradley Archie
- Tara Henttonen
- Gilbert Smith
- Kristen Kelly
- Jody Smith
- Damon Malik William Jack
- Richard Bird Jr.
- Rosie Bird
- David Morrison
- Satiannah Andy
- Keshaun Bruyere
- Isabel Smith