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The Wings of Johnny May
20131 h 23 min 55 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Marc Fafard
Production: Yves Fortin (Productions Thalie)Jacques Turgeon (National Film Board of Canada)Monique SimardDavid Kodsi (K'ien Productions)Jan Vasak
Script: Marc Fafard
Co-produced by Productions Thalie, the National Film Board of Canada, K'ien Productions, Centre National de la Cinématographie and ARTE, with the financial participation of Crédit d'impôt cinéma et télévision - Gestion SODEC and Telefilm Canada, with the participation of Ministry of Culture and Communication (CNC), with the support of CNC (New technologies in production), the SODEC, Rogers Documentary Fund and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.
Johnny May is the first Inuit bush pilot in Nunavik—and a legend among his people. During the 34,000 hours of flight time he’s logged, May has lived through adventures worthy of the novels of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and has had an extraordinary view of transformation in the Arctic from his perch in the sky. He has watched as the Inuit went from nomadic life to a sedentary existence, and as climate change has melted the permafrost. But throughout the upheaval Johnny May has witnessed over the years, one thing remains constant—May’s deep love for his wife, Louisa. Since his earliest days in the air, his plane has sported the same Inuktitut message for her: Pengo Pally, which means, “I miss you.” The Wings of Johnny May is an airborne documentary that sweeps us into the northern skies to discover a unique culture through the eyes of an exceptional man.
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Subject categories
- Transportation > Aircraft and Aviation
- Geography and Geology > Climate
- Environment and Conservation > Environmental Perspectives
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > Labrador and QuébecPortraitsSocial Change
Credits
- screenwriter
- Marc Fafard
- director
- Marc Fafard
- narrator
- James Hyndman
- additional voiceover
- Marie Gignac
- Jack Robitaille
- research
- Marc Fafard
- Marie-Eve Lalancette
- photo research
- Étienne Hansez
- archival film research
- Étienne Hansez
- director of photography
- Paul-Anthony Mille
- Dominique Delapierre
- camera assistant
- Julien Malichier
- Sébastien Alcazar
- Brigitte Pesquet
- data wrangler
- Francis Hanneman
- Lawrence Lafetière
- sound recordist
- Pierre Bouchard
- Simon Goulet
- Steven Ejbick
- Normand Lapierre
- editor
- Alain Baril
- featuring
- Johnny May
- Louisa Berthe-May
- Jean Désy
- Whit Fraser
- Mary Simon
- Sara May-Tagoona
- William Tagoona
- translation
- Maaki Putulik
- aerial key grip
- Claude Fortin
- helicopter pilot
- Peter Duncan
- 3D online post-production
- FlyingS3D
- 3D coordinator
- Audrey Bourdiol
- stereoscopic editing
- FlyingS3D
- 3D harmonization
- Pierre Sudre
- digital colourist
- Pierre Sudre
- green screen keying
- FlyingS3D
- 3D rushes management
- Link's productions
- trailer
- Jérémy Leroux
- subtitling
- Camille Monin
- Pierre Sudre
- 2D-3D conversion
- Alain Baril
- Nicola Lamoureux
- François Mercier
- audio post-production
- Studio Expression
- sound editor
- Simon De Grandpré
- Marc Carrier
- sound designer
- Jérôme Boiteau
- mixer
- Jérôme Boiteau
- sound edit coordinator
- Josée Harpin
- Isabelle Dupéré
- music composer
- Camille Delafon
- orchestration
- Camille Delafon
- conductor
- Camille Delafon
- solo violin
- Sébastien Surel
- solo cello
- Cyrille Lacrouts
- piano
- Camille Delafon
- guitar
- Jean Gillet
- music recording studio
- Studio Ferber
- music mixing
- Studio Bastille
- sound engineer
- Alban Sautour
- music contractor
- Christophe Briquet
- music contractor assistant
- Cathialine Zorzi
- score coordinator
- Xavier Forcioli
- music preparation
- Norbert Vergonjanne
- production manager
- Geneviève Leclerc
- post-production manager
- Geneviève Leclerc
- production assistant
- Étienne Hansez
- post-production coordinator
- Stéphanie Lamontagne
- funding coordinator
- Geneviève Leclerc
- Geneviève Dionne
- editing technician
- Denis Lavoie
- administrator
- Roxane-Caroline Doiron
- Alexandrine Torres de Figueiredo
- Sia Koukoulas
- accountant
- Roxane-Caroline Doiron
- administrative assistant
- Marie-Eve Lalancette
- Vanessa Emam
- marketing manager
- François Jacques
- marketing manager - assistance
- Geneviève Bérard
- technical coordinator
- Daniel Claveau
- storyboard artist
- Francis Desharnais
- director of animation
- Nicola Lemay
- art director
- Didier Loubat
- designer
- Didier Loubat
- modeling
- Zane Kozak
- rigging
- Zane Kozak
- stereoscopy
- Zane Kozak
- technical director
- Zane Kozak
- 3D animator
- Martin Ferland
- Jonathan Ng
- textures
- Stephan Ballard
- lighting
- Timothy Dormady
- animation
- Dale Hayward
- computer graphics
- Stephan Ballard
- Timothy Dormady
- Dale Hayward
- special effects consultant
- Éric Gervais-Després
- digital imaging specialist
- Pierre Plouffe
- animation producer
- Marc Bertrand
- legal advisor
- Stéphanie L'Écuyer
- collection management
- Mary Graziano
- distribution rights management
- Mary Graziano
- production supervisor
- Jean Michel Quilici
- production team
- Fiora Lumbroso
- Elsa Moley
- Grégory Germakian
- Sandrine Roux
- Anna Medziewski
- Jérémy Leroux
- Victor Lima
- Julie Hedna
- Joséphine Fontaine
- Pauline Boyer
- Sacha Subramaniam
- post-production team
- Adeline Letort
- Audrey Pontoizeau
- Cyrille Solovieff
- Justine Quesnoit
- legal affairs
- Bérengère Edeline
- legal affairs - assistant
- Emilie Renard
- Colin Vettier
- administrator accountant
- Sandrine Melki
- administrator accountant - assistant
- Dominique Azar
- Maximilien Billeret
- legal counsel
- Marie-José Harel
- producer
- Yves Fortin
- Jacques Turgeon
- Monique Simard
- David Kodsi
- Jan Vasak