The people of Unamenshipu (La Romaine), an Innu community in the Cote-Nord region of Quebec, are seen but not heard in this richly detailed documentary about the rituals surrounding an Innu caribou hunt. Released in 1960, it’s one of 13 titles in Au Pays de Neufve-France, a series of poetic documentary shorts about life along the St-Lawrence River. Off-camera narration, written by Perrault, frames the Innu participants through an ethnographic lens. Co-directed by René Bonnière and Pierre Perrault, a founding figure of Quebec’s cinéma direct movement.
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directorRené BonnièrePierre Perrault
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producerPierre Perrault
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scriptPierre Perrault
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photographyKen CampbellMichel Thomas-d'Hoste
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soundTony BettsDavid Howells
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sound editingJohn Knight
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narratorLloyd Bochner
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musicLarry Crosley
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