Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag
Shoal Lake 40 women talk about their struggles, and those of their parents and grandparents, in trying to raise their families in a hazardous state of enforced isolation. Everyone in the community has a harrowing story of a loved one falling through the ice while trying to get across the lake, with pregnant women and new mothers fearing for their babies and having no choice but to make the trek in dangerous conditions. The film shows the key role of the community’s women in demanding funding for the road from three levels of government, and how their reconnection to culture and ceremony give them the strength to keep going.
Freedom Road Series is a five-part documentary series that tells the inspiring story of one First Nation’s battle to resolve a brutal colonial legacy that uprooted and transformed a self-sustaining community into an isolated island, only a short distance from the Trans-Canada highway.
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Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag, Angelina McLeod, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
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writerAngelina McLeod
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directorAngelina McLeod
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featuringTania BruyereRoxanne GreeneAnn RedskyAngelina McLeod
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producerAlicia Smith
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executive producerDavid Christensen
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picture editorErika MacPherson
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director of photographyTyler Funk
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location sound recordistCharlene Moore
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sound designAnita Lubosch
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drone operatorJason Funk
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stills photographyKaty Slimmon
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production assistantKaty Slimmon
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assistant editorMarcel Kreutzer
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transcriptionPatricia Garry
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colouristTony Wytinck
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sound mixBruce Little
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online editorBruce Little
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studio operations managerDarin Clausen
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studio administratorBree BeachDevon Supeene
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production coordinatorFaye YonedaApril Dunsmore
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production supervisorEsther Viragh
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marketing managerLeslie Stafford
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legal counselPeter Kallianiotis
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executive directorMichelle van Beusekom
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airboat driverKenneth Jr. Redsky
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Rez Bomb RentalJudy Redsky
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community advisorRoxanne GreeneLorne RedskyDaryl Redsky
