NFB Collection
Waseskun
20161 h 21 min 2 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Steve Patry
Production: Nathalie CloutierDenis McCreadyMélanie LasnierColette Loumède
Script: Steve Patry
At the Waseskun Healing Center, men with troubled and violent pasts follow a treatment plan based on Indigenous philosophy. In the great tradition of cinéma vérité, director Steve Patry spends an extended period of time at the centre, producing a gripping film that captures daily life in this unique alternative detention facility.
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Subject categories
- Law and Crime > Prisons and PrisonersRehabilitation
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Social Problems
- Indigenous Studies > Identity/Society
- Social Studies > LawSocial Policies and Programs
- Health/Personal Development > Mental Health/Stress/SuicideSubstance Use and Abuse/Addiction
Credits
- producer
- Nathalie Cloutier
- Denis McCready
- researcher
- Steve Patry
- writer
- Steve Patry
- director
- Steve Patry
- camera
- Steve Patry
- editing
- Nathalie Lamoureux
- location sound
- Nicolas Goyette
- sound design
- Simon Gervais
- assistant editor
- Joëlle Arseneau
- technical coordinator - shooting equipment
- Steve Hallé
- technical support - editing
- Pierre Dupont
- Isabelle Painchaud
- Patrick Trahan
- interview transcription
- Sassonique Productions
- translation
- Beesum Communications
- Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
- MELS
- subtitles
- Beesum Communications
- Natasha Kachan
- MELS
- titles
- Cynthia Ouellet
- online editor
- Yannick Carrier
- foley
- Lise Wedlock
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- music
- Serge Nakauchi Pelletier
- marketing manager
- François Jacques
- marketing manager - assistance
- Jolène Lessard
- administrator
- Sia Koukoulas
- production coordinator
- Chinda Phommarinh
- Isabelle Limoges
- Gabrielle Dupont
- Hélène Regimbal
- administrative assistant
- Pascale Savoie-Brideau
- Larissa Christoforo
- technical coordinator
- Mira Mailhot
- associate producer
- Mélanie Lasnier
- executive producer
- Colette Loumède
Awards
- prix HUMANISTE, VUES SUR MERVues sur mer