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Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief (1986)
Directed by Carol Geddes
Documentary · 28m
A tribute to Indigenous women everywhere, this short documentary focuses on 5 women from across Canada. Of varied ages and backgrounds, they have achieved success in a variety of careers: as the Yukon legislature's first Indigenous woman minister (Margaret Joe), as a deck hand on a fishing boat (Corinne Hunt), as a teacher (Sophie MacLeod), as a lawyer (Roberta Jamieson), and as a band council chief (Sophie May Pierre - St. Mary’s Indian Band of the Ktunaxa Nation off the Ktunaxa Nation).
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Carol Geddes
- Writer
- Carol Geddes, Gloria Demers
- Director of Photography
- Carlos Ferrand, Elise Swerhone, Joan Hutton
- Original Music Composer
- Judith Henderson
- Editor
- Ginny Stikeman
- Producer
- Barbara Janes, Kathleen Shannon
Details
- Release date
- 1986-01-01
- Runtime
- 28m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB