North Star

20231 h 16 min 53 secSeries: Documentary

G

Direction: Patrick Bossé

Production: Pierre-Mathieu Fortin (National Film Board of Canada)Nathalie Cloutier (National Film Board of Canada)

Script: Patrick Bossé

A National Film Board of Canada production.

North Star

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton is a young, Quebec-born Innu astrophysicist who’s leading a massive research project at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Drawing on a worldview rooted in a love of nature, as well as her talents as a science communicator, she shares her passion for the study of celestial objects. Ranging from Ashuapmushuan to Wendake, Hawaii and Mont-Mégantic, Laurie’s inspiring journey will leave viewers starry-eyed. North Star is directed by Patrick Bossé.

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Subject categories

  • Sciences > Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Québec and Ontario
  • Women - Portraits > Sciences
  • Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
  • Indigenous Studies > Identity/Society
  • Science > Space

Credits

research
Patrick Bossé
writer
Patrick Bossé
direction
Patrick Bossé
production
Pierre-Mathieu Fortin
participation
Laurie Rousseau-Nepton
Pierre Nepton
Nepton family
Ka'iu Kimura
Seham Kadimati
Valérie Loiselle
Qudsia Noory
Roxanne Rouleau
Justine Giroux
Benoît Epinat
Pierre Martin
Carter Rhea
Carmelle Robert
Members of the Kawaihae Canoe Club
voice
Kaniehtiio Horn
cinematography
Hugo Gendron
location sound
Lynne Trépanier
editing
Myriam Magassouba
sound design
Jean-François B. Sauvé
original music
Frannie Holder
production manager
Geneviève Thibert
production assistance
Zoltan Buki
camera assistant
Louis-Philippe Michaud
technical support - editing
Pierre Dupont
Marie-Josée Gourde
Patrick Trahan
editing assistant
Eli Jean Tahchi
art direction - animation
Sarah Ouellet
illustrations
Lou Guettet
animation
Sindre Ulvik Péladeau
animated graphics
Alain Ostiguy
translation
Trans & Sub Coop
online editing
Yannick Carrier
colourization
Yannick Carrier
additional English voices
Al Goulem
Angela Galuppo
voice direction
Mark Camacho
voice recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
foley recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
foley
Simon Meilleur
re-recording mixer
Jean Paul Vialard
music mix
Benoit Bouchard
drone
Andrew Richard Hara
supplementary footage
Geneviève Thibert
legal advisor
Peter Kallianiotis
media relations
Sophie St-Pierre
marketing manager
Karine Sévigny
marketing coordinator
Julie Fortin
learning program manager
Sophie Quevillon
administrator
Sia Koukoulas
senior production coordinator - administration
Brenda Nixon
studio coordinator
Stéphanie Lazure
Gabrielle Dupont
senior production coordinator
Chinda Phommarinh
Joëlle Lapointe
production coordinator
Alexandra Bourque
Alexandra Levert
technical coordinator
Luc Binette
Daniel Claveau
Jean-François Laprise
associate producer
Mélanie Brière
line production
Mélanie Lasnier
executive producer
Nathalie Cloutier

Awards

  • Best Professional Documentary SeriesRaw Science Film Festival
  • Best Short Science SeriesSILBERSALZ Science & Media Awards
  • Capsule et websérie- DocumentairePrix NUMIX
  • Best Show, Factual SeriesNZ Web Fest
  • Best Editing, Factual SeriesNZ Web Fest
  • Best Cinematography, Factual SeriesNZ Web Fest

Includes the following works