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Freedom Road
20191 h 11 min 14 secSeries: Documentary
Direction: Angelina McLeod
Production: Alicia SmithDavid Christensen
Script: Angelina McLeod
Freedom Road is a five-part documentary series that tells the inspiring story of Shoal Lake 40 Anishinaabe First Nation and their battle to build a road, after their community was forcibly relocated and cut off from the mainland over 100 years ago, so that water could be diverted to the city of Winnipeg. Director and Shoal Lake 40 member Angelina McLeod uses an innovative, community-driven approach to storytelling that highlights the community’s dignity, strength and perseverance, as they take back control of their narrative and their future in the process of building Freedom Road.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Cultural IdentityRegional DevelopmentResidential SchoolsSocial ConditionsWork
- Transportation > Road Networks and Infrastructures
- Environment and Conservation > Water Resources
- Nature & Ecological Knowledge > Freshwater Conservation & Management
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Ojibwe
- Education > Residential Schools Trauma & Healing
Credits
- writer
- Angelina McLeod
- director
- Angelina McLeod
- featuring
- Daryl Redsky
- Lorne Redsky
- Kavin Redsky
- Tania Bruyere
- Roxanne Greene
- Ann Redsky
- Harley Gutknecht
- JT Bruyere
- Jonelle Bruyere
- Nancy Rice
- Wayne Redsky
- Angelina McLeod
- producer
- Alicia Smith
- executive producer
- David Christensen
- picture editor
- Erika MacPherson
- director of photography
- Tyler Funk
- second unit operator
- Katy Slimmon
- Erika MacPherson
- drone operator
- Jason Funk
- director of drone footage
- Erika MacPherson
- location sound recordist
- Charlene Moore
- Erika MacPherson
- Anita Lubosch
- George Addis
- location sound mentor
- Anita Lubosch
- sound design
- Anita Lubosch
- post-production assistant
- Ryan Wilson
- Katy Slimmon
- assistant editor
- Marcel Kreutzer
- stills photography
- Katy Slimmon
- slate design concept
- Sébastien Aubin
- transcription
- Patricia Garry
- colourist
- Tony Wytinck
- sound mix
- Bruce Little
- online editor
- Bruce Little
- studio operations manager
- Darin Clausen
- studio administrator
- Bree Beach
- Devon Supeene
- production coordinator
- Faye Yoneda
- April Dunsmore
- production supervisor
- Esther Viragh
- marketing manager
- Leslie Stafford
- legal counsel
- Peter Kallianiotis
- executive director
- Michelle van Beusekom
- community advisor
- Roxanne Greene
- Lorne Redsky
- Daryl Redsky
- cultural awareness training
- Daryl Redsky
- Sara Beckman
- Cuyler Cotton
- Roxanne Greene
- Tania Bruyere
- translation
- Daryl Redsky
- Aandeg Muldrew
- pipe ceremony
- Jacinta McDougall
- Lorne Redsky
- airboat driver
- Kenneth Jr. Redsky
- boat driver
- Wayne Redsky
- Rez Bomb Rental
- Judy Redsky
- Alfred Dale McLeod
Includes the following works
ContextAngelina McLeod, Paula KellyFilm15 min 23 sec
Men / IniniwagAngelina McLeodFilm15 min 45 sec
Women / IkwewagAngelina McLeodFilm12 min 44 sec
Youth / OshkaadiziigAngelina McLeodFilm14 min 14 sec
Elders / Gitchi-aya'aagAngelina McLeodFilm12 min 25 sec