For almost a century, the Coast Salish knitters of southern Vancouver Island have produced Cowichan sweaters from handspun wool. These distinctive sweaters are known and loved around the world, but the Indigenous women who make them remain largely invisible.
Genre: Documentary
Stars:
Crew: Christine Welsh (Writer), Christine Welsh (Director), Gillian Darling Kovanic (Producer), Sherry Antonishen (Gaffer), Colleen Toohy (Still Photographer), David Malysheff (Additional Photography)
Country: Canada
Language: English
Studio: ONF | NFB
Runtime: 52 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 2000
IMDb: 10
Keywords:indigenous, wool, first nations, sweater, british columbia, knitting, ball of yarn, indigenous women, fiber art
