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Hope / National Film Board of Canada presents ; written and directed by Thomas Buchan and Stuart Reaugh ; producer, Svend-Erik Eriksen, Tracey Friesen ; Pacific & Yukon Centre - English Program, National Film Board of Canada.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Marriage customs and rites--British Columbia.
- Indians of North America.
- Marital conflict--British Columbia.
- Marital conflict.
- Indian families--British Columbia.
- Indian families.
- Social problems--British Columbia.
- Social problems.
- Indians of North America--Marriage customs and rites.
- British Columbia.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (58 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2015]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Hope follows artist Ken Paquette, his partner Winnie Peters and their five boys as they struggle to cope during a year of wrenching change. The family lives on the Schkam Native Reserve, across the river from the town of Hope. The town is a transitory place at the junction of three highways. After 18 years together, Ken and Winnie's troubled relationship dissolves when Rick, a tattooed ex-con, moves in and assumes the role of stepfather. Winnie's eldest son Kenny leaves the home. Ken settles in town, where he sells his paintings outside the local pub, earning enough for rent and the occasional trip to McDonalds with his kids. Over the course of four seasons, the family cycles through poverty, addiction, violence and love, but when winter bleeds into spring, a final confrontation sparks irrevocable change.
- Credits:
- Editor, Matthew Schilling ; cinematographer, Stuart Reaugh ; composer/sound design, Dennis Burke.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, c2008.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed July 29, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-hope Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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