"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
Genre: Documentary
Stars: César Newashish
Crew: Bernard Gosselin (Director), Roger Lamoureux (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Bernard Gosselin (Director of Photography), Monique Fortier (Editor), Paul Larose (Producer), Maurice Blackburn (Music)
Country: Canada
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Studio: ONF | NFB
Runtime: 57 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 1971
IMDb: 1
Keywords:quebec direct cinema
