Released in 1971, this lyrical short documentary marked the directorial debut of legendary Abenaki director Alanis Obomsawin. Filmed at a residential school in northern Ontario, it is composed entirely of drawings by young Cree children and stories told by the children themselves. Listening has been at the core of Obomsawin’s practice since the very beginning. “Documentary film,” she said in a 2017 interview, “is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I’ve been working on have been very valuable for the people, for our people to look at ourselves… and through that be able to make changes that really count for the future of our children to come.”
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directorAlanis Obomsawin
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scriptAlanis Obomsawin
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producerWolf Koenig
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executive producerRobert Verrall
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photographyBen Low
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drawingsJennifer AlisappiRalph CewittBarbara CheechooMarlene CheechooSteven CheechooVern CheechooPatricia CousatadiBrian DaveyLeonard EchumSinclair EsiuAngus GeorgekishElvis GeorgekishE. Margaret JohnstoneDaisy JollyLesley JollySarah JollyDorothy LahacheEva LahacheJody LahacheWilma LahacheChristine LazarusPaul LinklaterPeter LinklaterPriscilla LinklaterRita LinklaterSandra LinklaterGordon MillsFreddy MooreBrian MorrisonPaul MosesBradley NickoshieJoan RickardRicky RickardDouglas SmallJuliet SmallJames SutherlandJoanne TobinSandra TomatukSheila TomatukIda TrapperLillian TrapperVincent PercyGreta VisitorWinnie WapacheeBarbara WesleyBrenda WesleyDolores WesleyEva WesleyLinda WesleyJames WesleyJohnny WesleyShirley WesleyGeorge Isbister
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animation cameraRaymond Dumas
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soundJacques Drouin
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sound editingBill Graziadei
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re-recordingRoger Lamoureux
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musicSinclair CheechooJane CheechooArthur Cheechoo
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