Wapikoni - Encounter in Kitcisakik

201051 min 57 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Mathieu Vachon

Production: Manon BarbeauLucille VeilleuxLine Richard

Script: Manon Barbeau

Produced by Productions Totam in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.

Wapikoni – Encounter in Kitcisakik documents a visit by the Wapikoni Mobile, the celebrated studio on wheels that for the past six years has travelled through Aboriginal communities in Quebec providing production training to youth. Viewers accompany the Wapikoni Mobile team and young Algonquin singers and filmmakers into a world steeped in history, where they discover a little-known reality, a space-time where the wild beauty of the landscape contrasts with human misery and decay, where self-destruction commingles with an irrepressible will to live.

A film testifying to the resilience of First Nations youth and the transformative power of creation.

<>  –  Al Kratina, The Gazette

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Subject categories


  • Film and Video Arts > Community and Society
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Cultural IdentityQuébec and OntarioReserves

Credits


director
Mathieu Vachon
writer
Manon Barbeau
director - collaboration
Manon Barbeau
participant
Manon Barbeau
Sébastien Tremblay
Frank Penosway
Tobie Pénosway
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Mélanie Charbonneau
Émile Proulx-Cloutier
Éric Lavergne
Kevin Papatie
Sonia Brazeau
Evelyne Papatie
Bradley Brazeau
Délia Gunn
Jimmy Papatie
Marie-Hélène Papatie
Robert Pénosway
Tera Pénosway
Monique Papatie
Kokom Suzane
Augustin Papatie
Chloé Papatie
Megan Papatie
Roderick Papatie
Cherilyn Papatie
Victor Penosway
Steve Papatie
director of photography
Julien Fontaine
additional cinematography
Louis-Philippe Blain
Kevin Papatie
assistant director
Catherine Lachance
sound recordist
Christophe Motte
picture editor
Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer
sound editor
Daniel Toussaint
foley artist
Lise Wedlock
foley recording
Luc Léger
mixer
Luc Léger
online editor
Yannick Carrier
titles
Gaspard Gaudreau
credits
Gaspard Gaudreau
digitalization
Pierre Dupont
Danielle Raymond
sound design
Simon Carpentier
music recording
Simon Carpentier
music recording - assistance
Christophe Motte
translation
Margot Penosway
English subtitles
Paula McKeown
English translation
Paula McKeown
line production
Lucille Veilleux
assistant to the producer
Émilie Chabot
production manager
Pierre Laberge
Youri Mourog
Lucille Veilleux
production coordinator
Sandrine Berger
Émilie Chabot
Marie-Odile Cormier
Hélène Regimbal
Dominique Brunet
production accountant
Maryse-Chantal Brazeau
Pierre-Claude Beaucage
Benoit Gauthier
insurance
B.F.L. Canada
legal advisor
Lussier & Khouzam
crew
Sarah Lalonde
Sara Doré
Sandrine Berger
Céline Brassard
Sébastien Pichette
administrator
Johanne Dubuc
technical coordinator
Jean-François Laprise
France Couture
administrative assistant
Lise Lévesque
associate producer
Maryse Chapdelaine
Youri Mourog
producer
Manon Barbeau
Lucille Veilleux
Line Richard