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Writing the land / National Film Board of Canada presents ; writer, director, Kevin Lee Burton ; producer, Selwyn Jacob ; Pacific & Yukon Centre, English Program, National Film Board of Canada.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Salishan languages
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.
- Musqueam (First Nation).
- Musqueam First Nation.
- Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation--British Columbia.
- Indians of North America--British Columbia--Languages.
- British Columbia.
- Language and languages.
- Halkomelem language.
- Indians of North America--British Columbia--Vancouver.
- British Columbia--Vancouver.
- Genre:
- Experimental film.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (8 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English with Halkomelem terms and English subtitles.
- 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:
- The Musqueam people have lived for thousands of years in and around what is now the city of Vancouver. (The word Musqueam is an anglicized term describing "where the Muxqui [river grass] grows.") Director Kevin Lee Burton's new film Writing the Land meticulously combines film language with Hunkamenum words to recreate Musqueam elder Larry Grant's experience of rediscovering his language and cultural traditions. Fluid roaming camera movement captures the ever-changing nature of a modern city - the glass and steel towers cut against the sky, grass, trees and a sudden flash of birds in flight. In this mutable, multifaceted environment, the enduring power of language to shape perception and create memory is etched onto the wind and water.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Helen Haig-Brown ; editors, Helen Haig-Brown, Eliot Piltz ; music, Leela Gilday, The Be Good Tanyas.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Pacific & Yukon Centre, English Program, National Film Board of Canada, ©2007; previously released in 2008.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 28, 2018).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-writin Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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