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Masko Nimiwin (The Bear's Dance)

2009 6 min
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The spectacular annual powwow at Manawan. Gilles Moar once saw a bear dancing, and this inspired him to pass his culture on to his daughter and the young in his community.Since 2004, the travelling studios of Wapikoni Mobile have enabled Quebec First Nations youth to express themselves through videos and music. This short film was made with the guidance of these travelling studios and is part of the 2008 Selection - Wapikoni Mobile DVD.

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Masko Nimiwin (The Bear's Dance)

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The spectacular annual powwow at Manawan. Gilles Moar once saw a bear dancing, and this inspired him to pass his culture on to his daughter and the young in his community.

Since 2004, the travelling studios of Wapikoni Mobile have enabled Quebec First Nations youth to express themselves through videos and music. This short film was made with the guidance of these travelling studios and is part of the 2008 Selection - Wapikoni Mobile DVD.

  • director
    Marie-Christine Petiquay
  • participation
    Gilles Moar
    Black Bear
    Danseurs du Pow Wow
  • original idea
    Marie-Christine Petiquay
    Eddy Flamand
  • camera
    Marie-Christine Petiquay
    Lyssie Kitish
    Valérie Flamand
    Kellya Awashish
    Karine Van Ameringen
    Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier
  • sound recording
    Sacha Dubé
    Hugo Ottawa
    Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier
  • interviews
    Mélanie Petiquay
  • translation
    Karine Van Ameringen
    Leah Kosatzky
  • video editing
    Karine Van Ameringen
  • sound editing
    Karine Van Ameringen
  • original music
    Black Bear
    Thunderbird
  • on-set photography
    Nick-Evan Flamand
    Marie-Pier Ottawa
    Marie-Christine Petiquay
    Ines Lopes
  • filmmaker mentor
    Karine Van Ameringen
    Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier
  • social worker
    Ines Lopes
  • production coordinator
    Ines Lopes
  • aboriginal coordinator
    Hugo Ottawa
  • intern
    Frédéric Julien
    Krystelle Asselin
    Audrey Bélanger
    Émilie Day
    Marie-Ève Grignon
    Claudia Hébert
    Magalie Ipina
    Cindy Lessard
  • general director
    Manon Barbeau
  • project creator
    Manon Barbeau
  • producer
    Manon Barbeau
    Patricia Bergeron
  • financing
    Lucille Veilleux
  • partnerships development
    Lucille Veilleux
  • administrator
    Youri Mourog
    Johanne Dubuc
  • general coordinator
    Hubert Neault
  • field operations
    Sarah Lalonde
    Marie-Ève Grignon
  • administrative assistant
    Céline Brassard
    Sara Doré
  • financing assistant
    Sandrine Berger
  • post-production
    Sébastien Pichette
  • computer supervisor
    Thierry Gendron
    Alexandre Le Mouël
  • video supervisor
    Thierry Gendron
    Alexandre Le Mouël
  • sound supervision
    Thierry Gendron
    Alexandre Le Mouël
  • mechanical supervision
    Sébastien Tremblay
  • projection
    Sébastien Tremblay
  • distribution
    Sophie Soukaïna Ghanem
    Céleste Fabricio
    Jolyanne Mathieu
  • accounting
    Pierre-Claude Beaucage
    Maryse-Chantal Brazeau
  • assistant
    Sylvia Clermont
    Josée Bélanger
  • website
    Gaétan Boucher
  • sweetening
    Daniel Toussaint
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • subtitles
    Leah Kosatzky
  • technical coordinator
    Jean-François Laprise
  • administrative team
    Mirabelle Bélanger
    Dominique Brunet
    Lise Lévesque
  • associate producer
    Maryse Chapdelaine
  • executive producer
    Manon Barbeau
    Yves Bisaillon
    Ravida Din

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