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Ninan Auassat: We, the Children

2024 1 h 31 min
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A powerful film shot from “a child’s eye-view” without the voices of adults, this documentary reveals the dreams of a new generation poised to take flight.

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Known for her intimate and riveting films, director Kim O’Bomsawin now invites us to experience the vibrant universe of Ninan Auassat: We the Children. Shot over more than six years, the film brings us the moving stories of three groups of children from three different Indigenous nations: Atikamekw, Eeyou Cree and Innu.

In following these young people through the crucial milestones of childhood, right to the threshold of adulthood, we witness their daily lives and aspirations, along with the challenges they face.

Filmed from “a child’s eye-view” and presenting a groundbreaking vision of contemporary Indigenous youth, this documentary is notable for the complete absence of adult voices and “experts on young people”—holding space instead for a new generation with a burning desire to be heard.

The result is a captivating journey that becomes a call to action, at a time when the voices of young people echo, demanding the right to be recognized and an opportunity to blossom.
  • participation
    Monique Benjamin Hervieux
    Legend Iserhoff
    Rain Iserhoff
    Jade Mukash
    Saige Mukash
    Matapew Ottawa
    Zachary Ottawa
    Alyssa Pitcoutlaigan
    Isaac Verreault Lambert
    Jessica Vollant
    Maïka Vollant
    Laurence Bacon Morissette
    Raphaël Bernadette
    Andy Canapé
    Yanissa Chilton
    Kellya Échaquan
    Jérôme Flamand
    Jerrycko Flamand
    Jimmy Flamand-Black
    Camille Goubil
    Sam Ivan Nequado
    Jouan Ottawa
    Layannah Ottawa
    Maggie Ottawa
    Lyvia Ottawa Dubé
    Steffi Ottawa Dubé
    Guyane Quitich
    Izaak Quitich
    Evanne Quitich Boivin
    Dana Vollant
    Molika Iana Vollant
    Zachary Vollant-Vachon
  • research
    Kim O'Bomsawin
  • writing
    Kim O'Bomsawin
  • direction
    Kim O'Bomsawin
  • producer
    Mélanie Brière
    Nathalie Cloutier
    Colette Loumède
  • editing
    Alexandre Lachance
  • cinematography
    Hugo Gendron
  • location sound
    Lynne Trépanier
  • sound design
    Luc Raymond
  • original music
    Wyler Wolf
  • supplementary footage
    Michel Valiquette
  • additional sound recording
    Alain Auger
    Andrés Solis Barrios
  • camera assistant
    Louis-Philippe Michaud
  • production assistant
    Nina Bouchard
    Saige Mukash
    Maggie Ottawa
    Annick Picoutlaigan
    Julie Verreault
  • editing assistant
    Mathieu Quintal
  • technical support - editing
    Pierre Dupont
    Marie-Josée Gourde
    Patrick Trahan
  • transcripts
    Alice Faucher
  • translation
    Joséphine Bacon
    Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush
    Isabelle Kanapé
    Alexandre Nequado
    Katherine Nequado
    Gabrielle Vachon Laurent
    Trans & Sub Coop
  • subtitling
    Trans & Sub Coop
  • titles
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • online editing
    Yannick Carrier
  • colourization
    Yannick Carrier
  • foley
    Lise Wedlock
  • foley recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • re-recording
    Shelley Craig
  • legal advisor
    Julie Patry
  • media relations
    Nadine Viau
  • marketing manager
    Karine Sévigny
  • marketing coordinator
    Julie Fortin
  • administrator
    Sia Koukoulas
  • senior production coordinator - administration
    Brenda Nixon
  • senior production coordinator
    Joëlle Lapointe
    Chinda Phommarinh
  • production coordinator
    Alexandra Bourque
    Lucia Corak
    Coralie Dumoulin
    Alexandra Levert
  • studio coordinator
    Gabrielle Dupont
    Stéphanie Lazure
    Pascale Savoie-Brideau
  • technical coordinator
    Julien Archambault
    Daniel Claveau
    Jean-François Laprise
  • line production
    Mélanie Lasnier
  • executive producer
    Colette Loumède
    Nathalie Cloutier