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Crossing the Line

2009 3 min
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Filmmaker Tracey Deer's short film turns the politics and conflicts of a playground sandbox into an allegory for the way nations treat one another, and the borders seem to do more harm than good.

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Crossing the Line
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    2009 13 films
    Vistas - 13 short films on the theme of "nationhood". Produced by the National Film Board of Canada and APTN.

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Filmmaker Tracey Deer's short film turns the politics and conflicts of a playground sandbox into an allegory for the way nations treat one another, and the borders seem to do more harm than good.

Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis)
History - Canada
All subjects
  • director
    Tracey Deer
  • writer
    Tracey Deer
    Cynthia Knight
  • cast
    Zack Martin
    William Monette
    Karon:iase Bruin Montour
  • extra
    Chase Brascoup
    Dean Brascoup
  • director of photography
    Paul Taylor
  • editor
    Carl Freed
  • music
    Alain Auger
  • sound recordist
    Toby Richardson
  • boom operator
    Tod Van Dyk
  • 3D consultant
    Bill White
    Gary Isaacs
  • storyboard artist
    Jonathan Ng
  • 1st assistant director
    Geoffrey Uloth
  • script supervisor
    Marie Beaulieu
  • 2nd assistant director
    Jason Lee
  • key grip
    Claude Fortin
  • grip
    Carlo Secchiaroli
    Alain Croix
  • 1st assistant camera
    Nicolas Marion
  • wardrobe
    Suzana Fischer
  • makeup
    Laurie Jackson
  • production designer
    Donna Noonan
  • art director
    Bradley Jonasson
  • props
    Christopher Johnstone
  • digital management technician
    Lawrence Lafetière
  • production assistant
    Stephanie Scott
  • minor coordinator
    Susannah Heath-Eves
    Meghan Maike
    Stephanie Scott
  • location manager
    Angie Pepper Obomsawin
  • online editor
    Denis Pilon
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • sound design
    Don Ayer
  • mix
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • foley
    Karla Baumgardner
  • sound researcher
    Meghan Maike
  • foley recording
    Luc Léger
  • production coordinator
    Camila Blos
    Heather Gibb
    Christine Williams
  • program administrator
    Stephanie Brown
    Cyndi Forcand
  • marketing manager
    Leslie Stafford
  • technical supervisor
    Steve Hallé
    Scott Collins
  • digital editing supervisor
    Danielle Raymond
  • digital editing technician
    Isabelle Painchaud
  • 3D team
    Marylin Drolet
    Munro Ferguson
    Susan Gourley
    Paul Kroitor
    Maral Mohammadian
    David Verrall
  • producer
    Kat Baulu
    Joe MacDonald
    Vanessa Loewen
  • associate producer
    Dara Moats
  • executive producer
    Derek Mazur
    Peter Strutt

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