These Are My People...
1969 · 13m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Roy Daniels
,
Willie Dunn
,
Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell
,
Barbara Wilson
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These Are My People...
Overview
This documentary short is the first film made by an all-Aboriginal film crew, training under the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. It was shot at Akwesasne (St. Regis Reserve). Two spokesmen explain historical and other aspects of Longhouse religion, culture, and government and reflect on the impact of the white man's arrival on the Indian way of life.
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