Freedom Road: Women Ikwewag

McLeod, Angelina, (film director.). Smith, Alicia, (film producer.). Christensen, David, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Shoal Lake 40 women talk about their struggles, and those of their parents and grandparents, in trying to raise their families in a hazardous state of enforced isolation. Everyone in the community has a harrowing story of a loved one falling through the ice while trying to get across the lake, with pregnant women and new mothers fearing for their babies and having no choice but to make the trek in dangerous conditions. The film shows the key role of the community's women in demanding funding for the road from three levels of government, and how their reconnection to culture and ceremony give them the strength to keep going.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (12 min., 44 sec.) : sound
remote
access
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:	Indigenous Filmmaker.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Angelina McLeod ; director, Angelina McLeod ; producer, Alicia Smith ; executive producer, David Christensen ; picture editor, Erika MacPherson ; director of photography, Tyler Funk ; location sound recordist, Charlene Moore ; sound design, Anita Lubosch ; sound mix, Bruce Little.
Participant or Performer Note:	Featuring, Tania Bruyere, Roxanne Greene, Ann Redsky, Angelina McLeod.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2019.
Target Audience Note:	13-18.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).