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Cesar's Bark Canoe (1971)
Directed by Bernard Gosselin
Documentary · 57m
"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
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Bernard Gosselin
- Director of Photography
- Bernard Gosselin
- Editor
- Monique Fortier
- Producer
- Paul Larose
Details
- Original title
- César et son canot d'écorce
- Release date
- 1971-01-01
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB