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First stories. vol. 2 / A National Film Board of Canada production in partnership with Saskatchewan Film and Video Development Corporation, CBC and SNC.
LIBRA DVD 001 878
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Saskatchewan--Biography.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Ethnic identity--Saskatchewan.
- Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Documentary films.
- Saskatchewan.
- Documentary films--Saskatchewan.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Saskatchewan--Biography.
- Indians in motion pictures.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (34 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Montreal, Québec] : National Film Board of Canada, [2007]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD-R ; Dolby Digital, NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "Features The Power of a Horse, Life Givers: Honouring Our Elders and Children, O Mother, Where Art Thou? and ati-wc̋ahsin (It's Getting Easier), four new short films from four emerging Saskatchewan filmmakers - Tessa Desnomie, Cory Generoux, Jainine Windolph and Paul John Swiderski. All participated in First Stories: Saskatchewan, an Aboriginal filmmakers program presented by the NFB Prairie Centre, CBC, SCN and SakFilm. After taking part in a series of documentary workshops with experienced film and television professionals, Desnomie, Generoux, Windolph and Swiderski were chosen from a group of fifteen participants to write and direct short documentaries under the guidance of NFB producer Joe MacDonald and NFB associate producer Stephanie Scott." -- Container.
- Contents:
- Power of a horse / directed by Cory Generoux
- Life gives : honouring our elders and children / directed by Janine Windolph
- O Mother, where art thou? / directed by Paul John Swiderski
- Ati-wihcasin = (Its getting easier) / directed by Tessa Desnomie.
- Credits:
- Directors, Tessa Desnomie, Cory Generoux, Paul John Swiderski, Janine Windolph ; producr, Joe MacDonald ; Executive producer, Derek Mazur.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.
- Contains:
- Power of a horse
- Life gives : honouring our elders and children
- O Mother, where art thou?
- Ati-wihcasin
- OCLC:
- 190892970
- Publisher Number:
- 153C 9106 027 National Film Board of Canada.
- 9106 027 National Film Board of Canada.
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