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Audience at "Club Red Radio"

"Tonsure"Tonsure
(2009, 4 min.) CANADA
Director: Marie-Pier Ottawa (Atikamekw)
Produced by: Wapikoni Mobile in collaboration with Les Productions des Beaux Jours and the National Film Board of Canada
In Atikamekw with English subtitles.

Wapikoni Mobile is a motorized motion picture training and production studio that works with youth in First Nations communities of Quebec. Through filmmaking young people connect with themselves and the world. This film offers a somber reflection on the residential boarding school experience.

Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio, 2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova, NMAI; Tonsure - courtesy of the filmmaker

Marie-Pier Ottawa

2011 Native American Film + Video Festival

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