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The Moccasin Game

Name: The Moccasin Game
Duration: 13 min

Frank Corcoran

1983 | 13 min

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This film looks at the ritual, tradition and legend of the moccasin game, an ancient and popular form of gambling said to have originated with the Sioux. A tournament held at the Sioux Valley Reservation near Brandon, Manitoba, brings together Sioux from both Canada and the United States to compete for high stakes in what is believed to be the oldest sleight-of-hand game in the world.

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director

Frank Corcoran
producer

Dennis Sawyer
script

Douglas Cameron
cinematography

Roland Pirker
sound

Ervin Copestake
editing

Dagmar Taborsky
re-recording

Hans Peter Strobl

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