"This documentary depicts a canoe being built in the traditional manner. Cesar Newashish, a 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve North of Montréal, uses only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots, and gum. With a sure hand he works methodically to fashion a craft unsurpassed in function or beauty of design. Building a canoe solely from the materials that the forest provides may become a lost art, even among the Native Peoples whose traditional craft it is. The film is free of spoken commentary but text appears on the screen in Cree, French, and English." - Anthology Film Archives
- Status
- Released
- Production
- ONF | NFB
Keywords
- quebec direct cinema
Links
Top Cast
César Newashish as Self
Top Crew
Bernard Gosselin · Director, Cinematographer
Monique Fortier · Editor
Paul Larose · Producer
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