César's Bark Canoe

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    • Versions of this FilmLanguage (Type)
    César's Bark CanoeEnglish (original)zum Film
    Synopsis
    This documentary shows how a canoe is built the old way. César Newashish, a 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manowan Reserve north of Montreal, uses only birch bark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum. 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 without commentary but text frames appear on the screen in Cree, French and English.
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    Aboriginal People
    Atikamekw
    Birch Bark
    Canoes
    Construction
    Engineering
    Runtime (in min.):58
    Year Of Production:1971
    Companies & Organizations
    Production Company:

    National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

    Filmmakers
    Directing:

    Bernard Gosselin

    Writing:

    Bernard Gosselin

    Keywords
    Aboriginal People; Atikamekw; Birch Bark; Canoes; Construction; Engineering; Society; Nature
    Categories
    Engineering, Traffic & Energy, Mechanics & Handcraft, Traffic & Transport, Ships