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Ceremony
When the Nuxalk trace their vanished ooligan alongside a land claim filed the day smallpox arrived, their radio station becomes courtroom, confessional and conjuring ground, where an older law insists: the fish and the people return together or not at all.
Preceded by the short film Preparing Innineu: Partridge Cleaning in Sheshatshiu
Preparing Innineu: Partridge Cleaning in Sheshatshiu
Partridges are a common food source for Innu First Nation People in Labrador, especially in Sheshatshiu. Partridge is Innineu in Innu-aimun. This film captures a cultural workshop at the Manishan Nui Gull Island Gathering, filmed by Innu youth Reighlyn Penashue and Karlianna Pokue, with help from emerging filmmakers Heidi Atter and Charlie Pye-Strowbridge.
- Runtime5 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada (NL)
- Content WarningTraditional Indigenous harvesting, butchering, and preparation of animals for food.
- DirectorReighlyn Penashue
- ScreenwriterHeidi Atter
- ProducerHeidi Atter
Ceremony
When the Nuxalk trace their vanished ooligan alongside a land claim filed the day smallpox arrived, their radio station becomes courtroom, confessional and conjuring ground, where an older law insists: the fish and the people return together or not at all.
Preceded by the short film Preparing Innineu: Partridge Cleaning in Sheshatshiu
Preparing Innineu: Partridge Cleaning in Sheshatshiu
Partridges are a common food source for Innu First Nation People in Labrador, especially in Sheshatshiu. Partridge is Innineu in Innu-aimun. This film captures a cultural workshop at the Manishan Nui Gull Island Gathering, filmed by Innu youth Reighlyn Penashue and Karlianna Pokue, with help from emerging filmmakers Heidi Atter and Charlie Pye-Strowbridge.
- Runtime5 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada (NL)
- Content WarningTraditional Indigenous harvesting, butchering, and preparation of animals for food.
- DirectorReighlyn Penashue
- ScreenwriterHeidi Atter
- ProducerHeidi Atter