The People of the Kattawapiskak River

Obomsawin, Alanis, (film director.). Obomsawin, Alanis, (film producer.). Din, Ravida, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: The people of the Attawapiskat First Nation, a Cree community in northern Ontario, were thrust into the national spotlight in 2012 when the impoverished living conditions on their reserve became an issue of national debate. With The People of the Kattawapiskak River, Abenaki director Alanis Obomsawin quietly attends as community members tell their own story, shedding light on a history of dispossession and official indifference. "Obomsawin's main objective is to make us see the people of Attawapiskat differently," said Robert Everett-Green in The Globe & Mail. "The emphasis, ultimately, is not so much on looking as on listening - the first stage in changing the conversation, or in making one possible." Winner of the 2013 Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary, the film is part of cycle of films that Obomsawin has made on children's welfare and rights.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (50 min., 14 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2012.
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

General Note:	Aboriginal filmmaker. Agency - English program:.Quebec Centre.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Alanis Obomsawin ; writer, Alanis Obomsawin ; editor, Alison Burns ; camera, René Sioui Labelle, Martin Duckworth, Philippe Amiguet, Alan Poon, Adam George Makarenko ; location sound, Glenn Hodgins, Brian Horrell ; music composer, Normand Guilbeault ; music recording, Geoffrey Mitchell, Mathieu Leroux ; voice recording, Geoffrey Mitchell, Mathieu Leroux ; sound editor, Don Ayer ; mixer, Shelley Craig ; research, Alanis Obomsawin, Katherine Kasirer ; producer, Alanis Obomsawin ; executive producer, Ravida Din.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narration, Alanis Obomsawin.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2012.
Target Audience Note:	12-18.
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).